Lapsed Nov 12, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 29, 2022
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Securus Technologies, LLC
Filed Aug 3, 2012 as application 13/566,867 · Granted Nov 12, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Nov 12, 2021
2002
2026
Clock starts
Apr 29, 2002
Apr 29, 2002
No longer in force
Nov 12, 2021
Nov 12, 2021
Granted
Nov 12, 2013
Nov 12, 2013
Term would have run to
Apr 29, 2022
Apr 29, 2022
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
7
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Apr 29, 2022: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 29, 2002, when application 10/135,883, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 3, 2012) | Apr 29, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 12, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 12, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,698,182 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 6,836,540 | Term ended Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| US 8,068,590 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 8,255,300 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2008/063924 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,583,527 | this patent Nov 2021 | Nov 2021 |
| US 9,135,623 | Term ended Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2012 Reel 28724, frame 125 | Polozola, Michelle L.; Rosenfield, Stuart; Falcone, Richard | Securus Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 7, 2013 Reel 29574, frame 320 | Polozola, Michelle L.; Rosenfield, Stuart; Falcone, Richard | Securus Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 7, 2013 Reel 30369, frame 743 | Securus Technologies, Inc.; Securus Technologies Holdings, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Sources
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Citations
21
later US patents cite this one
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