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System and Method for Configuring and Managing Virtual Grids

US 8,880,657 Grace period ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Gogrid, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 30, 2031 · Low confidence

Grace period ended Nov 4, 2026 · no payment on record as of the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · lapse expected

Filed Jun 28, 2011 as application 13/171,430 · Granted Nov 4, 2014
Base term plus 155 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Jun 28, 2011
Term ends
Nov 30, 2031
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
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
155
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 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.
3
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This patent's term runs 155 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low: the grace period for its third maintenance fee ended Nov 4, 2026 with no payment on record. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 28, 2011, when this application, 13/171,430, was filedJun 28, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+155 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 30, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsThe grace period ended with no payment on record in the fee filegrace period ended Nov 4, 2026Low confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 30, 2031Low confidence

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US 9,647,854Lapsed on the fee record
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US 10,218,536In force
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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
Sep 12, 2011
Reel 26887, frame 441
Angrish, Yogesh; Kitagawa, Justin M.; Berryman, Martin A.; Aker, ScottGogrid, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 13, 2013
Reel 30602, frame 657
Gogrid, LLCPartners for Growth III, L.P.Security Agreement
May 20, 2014
Reel 32970, frame 909
Gogrid, LLCGogrid Investors LLCSecurity Interest
Jan 22, 2015
Reel 34793, frame 396
Partners for Growth III, L.P.Gogrid, LLCRelease of Patent Security Interest Recorded at Reel 030602/FRAME 0657
Jan 22, 2015
Reel 34793, frame 438
Gogrid Investors LLCGogrid, LLCRelease of Patent Security Interest Recorded at Reel 032970/FRAME 0944
Jan 22, 2015
Reel 34793, frame 448
Gogrid, LLCToronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, Successor by Assignment to Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement (First Lien)
Jan 22, 2015
Reel 34793, frame 483
Gogrid, LLCToronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, Successor by Assignment to Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement (Second Lien)
Nov 16, 2017
Reel 44150, frame 514
Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC (Successor by Assignment to Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.)Gogrid, LLC, as GrantorRelease of Security Interest
Dec 15, 2017
Reel 44895, frame 784
Gogrid, LLCCitibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Jan 3, 2019
Reel 47895, frame 811
Gogrid, LLCOpen Invention Network LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 30, 2019
Reel 50224, frame 321
Citibank, N.a.Gogrid, LLC; Datapipe, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 30, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.a.Gogrid, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Aug 30, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.a.Datapipe, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 9, 2021
Reel 58426, frame 791
Open Invention Network LLCInternational Business Machines CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 14, 2022
Reel 58736, frame 436
Open Invention Network LLCInternational Business Machines CorporationCorrective Assignment to Correct the Effective Date of the Patent Assignment Agreement Dated November 30, 2021 Previously Recorded at Reel: 058426 Frame: 0791. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

Sources

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