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System and Method for Estimating and Optimizing Transaction Costs

US 7,974,906 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 13, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ended Apr 17, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Jun 12, 2002 as application 10/166,719 · Granted Jul 5, 2011
Base term plus 1405 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Apr 17, 2026
2002 2026
Clock starts
Jun 12, 2002
Term ended
Apr 17, 2026
Granted
Jul 5, 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
1,405
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.
71
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 1405 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 12, 2002, when this application, 10/166,719, was filedJun 12, 2022High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1405 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 17, 2026High 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 orderApr 17, 2026High confidence

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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
Sep 9, 2002
Reel 13272, frame 146
Madhavan, Ananth; Asriev, Artem V.Itg, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 19, 2004
Reel 14892, frame 214
Itg , Inc.Itg Software Solutions, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 4, 2019
Reel 48490, frame 359
Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLCJefferies Finance LLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Mar 4, 2019
Reel 48498, frame 602
Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLCU.S. Bank National AssociationSecurity Interest
Aug 21, 2019
Reel 50128, frame 708
Itg Software Solutions, Inc.Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLCChange of Name
Oct 10, 2019
Reel 50707, frame 15
U.S. Bank National AssociationVirtu Itg Software Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 13, 2022
Reel 58746, frame 699
Services Development Company LLC; Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Agreement
Jan 13, 2022
Reel 58746, frame 799
Jefferies Finance LLCVirtu Itg Software Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 21, 2024
Reel 67795, frame 846
Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLCU.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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