Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 2, 2024 (Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch).
Term ended Feb 26, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 29, 2022
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Securus Technologies, LLC
Filed Nov 22, 2006 as application 11/562,800 · Granted Jan 17, 2012
Base term plus 1399 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Feb 26, 2026
2002
2026
Clock starts
Apr 29, 2002
Apr 29, 2002
Term ended
Feb 26, 2026
Feb 26, 2026
Granted
Jan 17, 2012
Jan 17, 2012
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
1,399
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.
11
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 1399 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: Medium. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 29, 2002, when application 10/135,878, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 22, 2006); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 29, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1399 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 26, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 26, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 10/135,878 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 10/720,848 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,965,746 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| Application 11/182,625 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/480,268 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,860,222 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,098,804 | this patent Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 9,654,620 | Term ended Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
8 of 11 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 44 recorded documents are shown; the 4 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC | Evercom Systems, Inc. | Assignment and Release of Security Interest |
| May 4, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC | Securus Technologies, Inc. | Assignment and Release of Security Interest |
| May 11, 2011 Reel 26260, frame 142 | Evercom Systems, Inc. | Securus Technologies, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 31, 2011 Reel 26363, frame 253 | Securus Technologies, Inc.; T-Netix, Inc. | BNP Paribas | Security Agreement |
| May 31, 2011 Reel 26363, frame 393 | Securus Technologies, Inc.; T-Netix, Inc. | BNP | Security Agreement |
| May 7, 2013 Reel 30369, frame 743 | Securus Technologies, Inc.; Securus Technologies Holdings, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| May 8, 2013 Reel 30378, frame 419 | BNP Paribas | Securus Technologies, Inc.; T-Netix, Inc. | Release of Security Interest First Lien |
| May 8, 2013 Reel 30378, frame 433 | BNP Paribas | Securus Technologies, Inc.; T-Netix, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Second Lien |
| May 8, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | BNP Paribas | Securus Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest First Lien |
| May 8, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | BNP Paribas | T-Netix, Inc. | Release of Security Interest First Lien |
| May 8, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | BNP Paribas | Securus Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Second Lien |
| May 8, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | BNP Paribas | T-Netix, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Second Lien |
| Nov 1, 2017 Reel 44640, frame 547 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Securus Technologies, Inc.; Securus Technologies Holdings, Inc. | Release of 1ST Lien Security Interest |
| Nov 1, 2017 Reel 44653, frame 30 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Securus Technologies, Inc.; Securus Technologies Holdings, Inc. | Release of 2ND Lien Security Interest |
| Nov 1, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Securus Technologies, Inc. | Release of 1ST Lien Security Interest |
| Nov 1, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Securus Technologies Holdings, Inc. | Release of 1ST Lien Security Interest |
| Nov 1, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Securus Technologies, Inc. | Release of 2ND Lien Security Interest |
| Nov 1, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Securus Technologies Holdings, Inc. | Release of 2ND Lien Security Interest |
| Nov 2, 2017 Reel 44361, frame 267 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Securus Technologies, Inc.; Securus Technologies Holdings | Second Lien Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 030368, Frame 0743 |
| Nov 2, 2017 Reel 44681, frame 227 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Securus Technologies, Inc.; Securus Technologies Holdings | First Lien Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 030369, Frame 0648 |
| Nov 2, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Securus Technologies, Inc. | Second Lien Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 030368, Frame 0743 |
| Nov 2, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Securus Technologies Holdings | Second Lien Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 030368, Frame 0743 |
| Nov 2, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Securus Technologies, Inc. | First Lien Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 030369, Frame 0648 |
| Nov 2, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Securus Technologies Holdings | First Lien Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 030369, Frame 0648 |
| Nov 3, 2017 Reel 44779, frame 573 | Securus Technologies Holdings, Inc.; Securus Technologies, Inc.; Satellite Tracking of People LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Nov 6, 2017 Reel 44368, frame 969 | Securus Technologies Holdings, Inc.; Securus Technologies, Inc.; Satellite Tracking of People LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Aug 12, 2020 Reel 53476, frame 289 | Securus Technologies, Inc. | Securus Technologies, LLC | Change of Name |
| Aug 24, 2023 Reel 64699, frame 842 | Allpaid, Inc.; Satellite Tracking of People LLC; Securus Technologies, LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. | Security Interest |
| Jan 2, 2024 Reel 66567, frame 620 | Securus Technologies, LLC; Allpaid, Inc.; Satellite Tracking of People LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Priority First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 1, 2024 Reel 66436, frame 420 | Securus Technologies, LLC; Satellite Tracking of People LLC; Allpaid, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB as Collateral Agent | Priority Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 28, 2024 Reel 66945, frame 310 | Securus Technologies, LLC; Satellite Tracking of People LLC; Allpaid, Inc. | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch as Collateral Agent | Super-Priority First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 29, 2024 Reel 66951, frame 54 | Aventiv Technologies, LLC; Securus Technologies, LLC; Satellite Tracking of People LLC; Allpaid, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2024 Reel 66952, frame 914 | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Aventiv Technologies, LLC; Securus Technologies, LLC; Allpaid, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Aventiv Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Securus Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Allpaid, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2025 Reel 70903, frame 303 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Existing Collateral Agent | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Successor Collateral Agent | Assignment of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 2, 2026 Reel 75892, frame 223 | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (as Successor in Interest to Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch) | Aventiv Technologies, LLC; Securus Technologies, LLC; Satellite Tracking of People LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Super-Priority First Lien) |
| Jul 2, 2026 Reel 75893, frame 360 | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. | Securus Technologies, LLC; Satellite Tracking of People LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (NOTES) |
| Jul 2, 2026 Reel 75901, frame 833 | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Aventiv Technologies, LLC; Securus Technologies, LLC; Satellite Tracking of People LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Super-Priority Second Lien) |
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Citations
41
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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