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Method and system for managing a distributed transaction process

US 8,554,728 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ended Aug 30, 2024 · High confidence

USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Nov 10, 2025.

Filed Jan 6, 2009 as application 12/318,688 · Granted Oct 8, 2013
Base term plus 367 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Aug 30, 2024
2003 2026
Clock starts
Aug 29, 2003
Term ended
Aug 30, 2024
Granted
Oct 8, 2013
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
367
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
2
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This patent's term runs 367 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 29, 2003, when application 10/650,994, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 6, 2009)Aug 29, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+367 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 30, 2024High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
USPTO status recordRecorded as expired for non-payment on Nov 10, 2025, after the term endedno changeHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 30, 2024High 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
Dec 8, 2016
Reel 40905, frame 458
Xerox Commercial Solutions, LLC (F/K/A Acs Commercial Solutions, Inc.); Xerox State & Local Solutions, Inc. (F/K/A Acs State and Local Solutions, Inc.); Rsa Medical LLC; Healthy Communities Institute Corporation; Stratacare, LLC; Xerox HR Solutions, LLC (F/K/A Acs HR Solutions, LLC); Xerox Transport Solutions, Inc. (F/K/A Acs Transport Solutions, Inc.); Buck Consultants, LLC; Xerox Business Services, LLC (F/K/A Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.); Xerox Mortgage Services, Inc. (F/K/A Advectis, Inc.)JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
May 17, 2017
Reel 42490, frame 536
Acs State & Local Solutions, Inc.Xerox State & Local Solutions, Inc.Change of Name
Oct 18, 2021
Reel 57969, frame 180
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Conduent Business Services, LLC; Conduent State & Local Solutions, Inc.; Conduent Transport Solutions, Inc.; Advectis, Inc.; Conduent Commercial Solutions, LLC; Conduent Business Solutions, LLC; Conduent Casualty Claims Solutions, LLC; Conduent Health Assessments, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 18, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Conduent Business Services, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 18, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Conduent State & Local Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 18, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Conduent Transport Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 18, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Advectis, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 18, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Conduent Commercial Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 18, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Conduent Business Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 18, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Conduent Casualty Claims Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 18, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Conduent Health Assessments, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 19, 2021
Reel 57969, frame 445
Conduent Business Services, LLCU.s. Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Oct 19, 2021
Reel 57970, frame 1
Conduent Business Services, LLCBank Of America, N.a.Security Interest
Nov 3, 2021
Reel 58014, frame 1
Xerox State & Local Solutions, Inc.Conduent State & Local Solutions, Inc.Change of Name
Nov 8, 2021
Reel 58050, frame 146
Conduent State & Local Solutions, Inc.Conduent Business Services, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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