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Method and Apparatus for Remotely Controlling a Computer with Peer-To-Peer Command and Data Transfer

US 8,086,740 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 16, 2024 (U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as the Notes Collateral Agent).

Term ended Dec 9, 2024 · High confidence

Filed Jul 6, 2009 as application 12/497,888 · Granted Dec 27, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Dec 9, 2024
2004 2026
Clock starts
Dec 9, 2004
Term ended
Dec 9, 2024
Granted
Dec 27, 2011
base term after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,558,862, to Dec 9, 2024. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Dec 9, 2004, when application 11/009,590, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 6, 2009)Dec 9, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,558,862)resolves to Dec 9, 2024, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 9, 2024High confidence

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US 7,558,862Term ended
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Dec 2024
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US 8,862,684Term ended
Dec 2024
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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
May 13, 2015
Reel 35624, frame 662
Logmein, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 1, 2017
Reel 41588, frame 143
Getgo, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Aug 31, 2020
Reel 53650, frame 902
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Logmein, Inc.Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 35624/0662
Aug 31, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Logmein, Inc.Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 041588/0143
Aug 31, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Getgo, Inc.Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 041588/0143
Aug 31, 2020
Reel 53650, frame 978
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Logmein, Inc.; Getgo, Inc.Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 041588/0143
Sep 1, 2020
Reel 53667, frame 32
Logmein, Inc.U.S. Bank National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentNotes Lien Patent Security Agreement
Sep 1, 2020
Reel 53667, frame 79
Logmein, Inc.Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Sep 1, 2020
Reel 53667, frame 169
Logmein, Inc.Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Feb 16, 2021
Reel 55306, frame 200
Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentLogmein, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Second Lien)
Apr 8, 2022
Reel 59644, frame 90
Logmein, Inc.Goto Group, Inc.Change of Name
Feb 7, 2024
Reel 66508, frame 443
Goto Group, Inc.,; Goto Communications, Inc.; Lastpass US LPBarclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 16, 2024
Reel 66614, frame 355
Goto Communications, Inc.; Goto Group, Inc.; Lastpass US LPU.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as the Notes Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 16, 2024
Reel 66614, frame 402
Goto Communications, Inc.,; Goto Group, Inc., A; Lastpass US LP,U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as the Notes Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Mar 15, 2024
Reel 66800, frame 145
Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentGoto Group, Inc. (F/K/A Logmein, Inc.)Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 053667/0169, Reel/Frame 060450/0171, Reel/Frame 063341/0051)

Sources

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

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