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System and Method for Facilitating Secure Online Transactions

US 8,327,142 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 27, 2021 (Elm Park Capital Management, LLC).

Term ends Jan 10, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Feb 5, 2007 as application 11/702,371 · Granted Dec 4, 2012
Base term plus 1070 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2030
Clock starts
Feb 5, 2007
Term ends
Jan 10, 2030
Granted
Dec 4, 2012
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
1,070
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.
6
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 1070 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 5, 2007, when this application, 11/702,371, was filedFeb 5, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1070 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 10, 2030High 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 orderJan 10, 2030High confidence

This family

US 8,327,142this patent
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Application 12/212,959Abandoned
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US 8,700,901In force
Feb 2027
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US 9,294,288In force
Feb 2027
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US 9,900,163In force
Feb 2027
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5 of 6 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
Jun 8, 2007
Reel 19403, frame 800
Grajek, Garret; Lund, Craig; Moore, StephenMulti-Factor Authentication, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 31, 2008
Reel 21322, frame 566
Multi-Factor Authentication, Inc.Multifactor CorporationChange of Name
Jul 29, 2010
Reel 24763, frame 212
Multifactor CorporationSecureauth CorporationChange of Name
Aug 8, 2016
Reel 39368, frame 463
Secureauth CorporationWestern Alliance BankSecurity Interest
Aug 15, 2017
Reel 43301, frame 48
Lambiase, Mark V.Secureauth CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 18, 2017
Reel 44899, frame 635
Western Alliance BankSecureauth CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jan 3, 2018
Reel 44522, frame 31
Secureauth CorporationPnc Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Oct 27, 2021
Reel 57937, frame 732
Secureauth CorporationElm Park Capital Management, LLCSecurity Interest
Aug 12, 2024
Reel 68563, frame 176
Cloudentity, Inc.; Secureauth CorporationWestern Alliance BankSecurity Interest
Aug 12, 2024
Reel 68251, frame 496
Pnc Bank, National AssociationSecureauth CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Aug 14, 2024
Reel 68288, frame 856
Midtown Madison Management LLC (as Successor to Elm Park Capital Management, LLC)Secureauth CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Feb 3, 2025
Reel 70086, frame 158
Pnc Bank, National AssociationSecureauth CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 23, 2026
Reel 75040, frame 723
Pnc Bank, National AssociationSecureauth CorporationRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

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