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Method and System for an Automated Trip Planner

US 7,925,540 In force
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Term ends Sep 16, 2027 · High confidence

Held by Deem, Inc.
Filed Oct 15, 2004 as application 10/966,561 · Granted Apr 12, 2011
Base term plus 1066 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2004 2027
Clock starts
Oct 15, 2004
Term ends
Sep 16, 2027
Granted
Apr 12, 2011
base term patent term adjustment 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
1,066
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.
12
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 1066 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Oct 15, 2004, when this application, 10/966,561, was filedOct 15, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1066 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 16, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 16, 2027High confidence

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US D537,711Term ended
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US D538,641Term ended
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US D547,650Term ended
no later than Jul 2021
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no later than Jul 2021
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no later than Aug 2021
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8 of 12 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

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
Oct 15, 2004
Reel 15906, frame 194
Orttung, Mark; McEvoy, Mike; Gilligan, Geff; Gabany, Jay; Hernandez, Rick; Handel, Sean; Mah, Anson; Chen, JeromeTalaris CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 7, 2006
Reel 17556, frame 230
Orttung, Mark; McEvoy, Mike; Gilligan, Geff; Gabany, Jay; Hernandez, Rick; Handel, Sean; Mah, Anson; Chen, JeromeRearden Commerce Inc.Change of Name
Sep 21, 2009
Reel 23254, frame 243
Rearden Commerce, Inc.Labmorgan Investment CorporationSecurity Agreement
Sep 28, 2010
Reel 25051, frame 95
Rearden Commerce, Inc.Gold Hill Capital 2008, LPSecurity Agreement
Apr 16, 2012
Reel 28053, frame 556
Gold Hill Capital 2008, LPRearden Commerce, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 16, 2012
Reel 28053, frame 769
Labmorgan Investment CorporationRearden Commerce, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 7, 2012
Reel 29259, frame 491
Rearden Commerce, Inc.Labmorgan Investment CorporationSecurity Agreement
Sep 20, 2013
Reel 31249, frame 616
Labmorgan Investment CorporationRearden Commerce, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 12, 2014
Reel 32875, frame 607
Talaris CorporationRearden Commerce Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Previously Recorded on Reel 017556 Frame 0230. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name.
May 21, 2015
Reel 35772, frame 888
Rearden Commerce, Inc.Deem, Inc.Change of Name
Mar 30, 2023
Reel 63197, frame 551
Travelport, LP [Composed of: Travelport Holdings, LLC]; Travelport International Operations Limited; Deem, Inc.; Travelport, Inc.; Travelport Operations, Inc.Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBGrant of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Mar 30, 2023
Reel 63204, frame 254
Deem, Inc.; Travelport, Inc.; Travelport Operations, Inc.Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 4, 2023
Reel 65762, frame 267
Travelport, LP; Travelport International Operations Limited; Deem, Inc.Wilmington Trust, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Dec 28, 2023
Reel 66157, frame 732
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBTravelport, LP; Travelport International Operations Limited; Deem, Inc.; Travelport, Inc.; Travelport Operations, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 28, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBTravelport, LPTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 28, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBTravelport International Operations LimitedTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 28, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBDeem, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 28, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBTravelport, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 28, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBTravelport Operations, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 29, 2023
Reel 66140, frame 556
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationTravelport, LP; Travelport International Operations Limited; Deem, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 29, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationTravelport, LPRelease of Security Interest
Dec 29, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationTravelport International Operations LimitedRelease of Security Interest
Dec 29, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationDeem, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 1, 2026
Reel 74813, frame 236
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBDeem, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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