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Method for Authorizing a Substitute Software License Server

US 7,885,896 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 13, 2013 (The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.).

Term ended May 25, 2025 · High confidence

Filed Jul 9, 2002 as application 10/191,716 · Granted Feb 8, 2011
Base term plus 1051 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended May 25, 2025
2002 2026
Clock starts
Jul 9, 2002
Term ended
May 25, 2025
Granted
Feb 8, 2011
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,051
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
66
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term runs 1051 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 9, 2002, when this application, 10/191,716, was filedJul 9, 2022High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1051 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 25, 2025High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 25, 2025High confidence

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Application 60/275,206Provisional application
no patent term
no patent term
US 7,080,161Term ended
Mar 2023
Mar 2023
US 7,363,367Term ended
Jul 2023
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US 7,406,539Term ended
Feb 2023
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US 7,349,994Term ended
Jun 2023
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Application 60/354,588Provisional application
no patent term
no patent term
US 7,885,896this patent
May 2025
May 2025
US 8,041,642Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2023
Oct 2023
8 of 66 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

The 40 most recent of 57 recorded documents are shown; the 17 earliest are not. Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 9, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Citicorp USA, Inc.Octel Communications LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 9, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Citicorp USA, Inc.Vpnet Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 10, 2018
Reel 45034, frame 1
Avaya Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLC; Octel Communications LLC; Vpnet Technologies, Inc.; Zang, Inc.Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 23, 2018
Reel 45124, frame 26
Avaya Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLC; Octel Communications LLC; Vpnet Technologies, Inc.; Zang, Inc.Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 25, 2020
Reel 53955, frame 436
Avaya Inc.; Avaya Management L.P.; Intellisist, Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLCWilmington Trust, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Jul 25, 2022
Reel 60953, frame 412
Citibank, N.A., as Administrative AgentAvaya, Inc.; Avaya Technology LLC; Octel Communications LLC; Vpnet TechnologiesBankruptcy Court Order Releasing the Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 020156/0149
Jul 25, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.A., as Administrative AgentAvaya, Inc.Bankruptcy Court Order Releasing the Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 020156/0149
Jul 25, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.A., as Administrative AgentAvaya Technology LLCBankruptcy Court Order Releasing the Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 020156/0149
Jul 25, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.A., as Administrative AgentOctel Communications LLCBankruptcy Court Order Releasing the Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 020156/0149
Jul 25, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.A., as Administrative AgentVpnet TechnologiesBankruptcy Court Order Releasing the Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 020156/0149
Aug 5, 2022
Reel 61087, frame 386
Avaya Inc.; Intellisist, Inc.; Avaya Management L.P.; Avaya Cabinet Solutions LLCWilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Apr 26, 2023
Reel 63457, frame 1
Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAvaya Holdings Corp.; Avaya Inc.; Avaya Management L.P.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 45124/FRAME 0026
Apr 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAvaya Holdings Corp.Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 45124/FRAME 0026
Apr 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAvaya Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 45124/FRAME 0026
Apr 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAvaya Management L.P.Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 45124/FRAME 0026
Apr 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAvaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 45124/FRAME 0026
May 3, 2023
Reel 63742, frame 1
Avaya Management L.P.; Avaya Inc.; Intellisist, Inc.; Knoahsoft Inc.Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB [Collateral Agent]Intellectual Property Security Agreement
May 4, 2023
Reel 63542, frame 662
Avaya Inc.; Avaya Management L.P.; Intellisist, Inc.Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement
May 18, 2023
Reel 63690, frame 359
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentAvaya Management L.P.; Avaya Inc.; Intellisist, Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 61087/0386)
May 18, 2023
Reel 63705, frame 23
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentAvaya Management L.P.; Avaya Inc.; Intellisist, Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 53955/0436)
May 18, 2023
Reel 63779, frame 622
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentAvaya Inc.; Intellisist, Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLC; Octel Communications LLC; Vpnet Technologies, Inc.; Zang, Inc. (Former Name of Avaya Cloud Inc.); Hyperquality, Inc.; Hyperquality II, LLC; Caas Technologies, LLC; Avaya Management L.P.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentAvaya Management L.P.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 61087/0386)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentAvaya Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 61087/0386)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentIntellisist, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 61087/0386)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentAvaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 61087/0386)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentAvaya Management L.P.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 53955/0436)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentAvaya Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 53955/0436)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentIntellisist, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 53955/0436)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentAvaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 53955/0436)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentAvaya Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentIntellisist, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentAvaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentOctel Communications LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentVpnet Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentZang, Inc. (Former Name of Avaya Cloud Inc.)Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentHyperquality, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentHyperquality II, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentCaas Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentAvaya Management L.P.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
Sep 21, 2023
Reel 65019, frame 231
Avaya Inc.Avaya LLC(Security Interest) Grantor's Name Change

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