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Account Control Method and System That Allows Only Eligible and Authorized Items to Be Purchased Using the Account

US 8,464,937 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 6, 2018 (Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, as Primary Collateral Agent).

Term ended Nov 22, 2025 · High confidence

Filed Jan 11, 2011 as application 13/004,827 · Granted Jun 18, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Nov 22, 2025
2005 2026
Clock starts
Nov 22, 2005
Term ended
Nov 22, 2025
Granted
Jun 18, 2013
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,866,548, to Nov 22, 2025. 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.
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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 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

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 Nov 22, 2005, when application 11/285,053, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 11, 2011)Nov 22, 2025High 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 7,866,548)resolves to Nov 22, 2025, 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 orderNov 22, 2025High confidence

This family

US 7,866,548In force
Aug 2028
Aug 2028
Application 11/741,426Abandoned
not computed
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US 10,248,951In force
Mar 2029
Mar 2029
US 8,464,937this patent
Nov 2025
Nov 2025
US 10,671,999Term ended
Nov 2025
Nov 2025
US 10,963,874Term ended
Nov 2025
Nov 2025
US 11,507,951Term ended
Nov 2025
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US 11,861,611Term ended
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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
Aug 15, 2012
Reel 28789, frame 204
Alegeus Technologies LLCBank Of Montreal, As Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
Aug 23, 2012
Reel 28839, frame 1
Metavante CorporationFis Healthcare Holdings, LLC (to Be Known as Alegeus Technologies, LLC)Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 23, 2012
Reel 28839, frame 283
Talon Benefits Acquisition Corp.; Fis Healthcare Holdings, LLCAlegeus Technologies, LLCMerger
May 4, 2017
Reel 42243, frame 875
Alegeus Technologies, LLCNew Mountain Finance CorporationSecurity Interest
May 4, 2017
Reel 42402, frame 628
Alegeus Technologies, LLCBMO Harris Bank N.A., as AgentSecurity Agreement
May 11, 2017
Reel 42445, frame 49
Bank Of Montreal, As Administrative AgentAlegeus Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 6, 2018
Reel 46800, frame 245
New Mountain Finance CorporationAlegeus Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Sep 6, 2018
Reel 46800, frame 339
BMO Harris Bank N.A.Alegeus Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Sep 6, 2018
Reel 46800, frame 940
Alegeus Technologies, LLCGuggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, as Primary Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 13, 2019
Reel 50035, frame 551
Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, as Retiring AgentGuggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Successor AgentNotice of Assignment of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at R/F 046800/0940
Nov 5, 2024
Reel 69148, frame 962
Guggenheim Credit Services, LLCAlegeus Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 6, 2024
Reel 69313, frame 3
Alegeus Technologies, LLCBank Of America, N.a.Patent Security Agreement
Jul 8, 2026
Reel 75209, frame 207
Bank of America, N.A., as AgentAlegeus Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

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