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Apparatus and Method for Trade Aggregation of Trade Allocations and Settlements

US 9,978,102 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 13, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Lapsed May 22, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Aug 18, 2014 as application 14/462,431 · Granted May 22, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 631 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed May 22, 2026
2008 2030
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2008
No longer in force
May 22, 2026
Granted
May 22, 2018
Term would have run to
Mar 23, 2030
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
631
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
6
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 Mar 23, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 631 days of term 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 30, 2008, when application 12/165,322, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 18, 2014)Jun 30, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+631 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 23, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed May 22, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 22, 2026High confidence

This family

US 8,341,067Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2020
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US 8,812,383Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2022
Aug 2022
US 9,767,514Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2021
Sep 2021
US 9,978,102this patent
May 2026
May 2026
US 10,430,884In force
Jun 2028
Jun 2028
Application 15/980,380Abandoned
not computed
not computed
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
Mar 4, 2019
Reel 48490, frame 359
Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLCJefferies Finance LLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Mar 4, 2019
Reel 48498, frame 602
Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLCU.S. Bank National AssociationSecurity Interest
Aug 21, 2019
Reel 50128, frame 708
Itg Software Solutions, Inc.Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLCChange of Name
Oct 10, 2019
Reel 50707, frame 15
U.S. Bank National AssociationVirtu Itg Software Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 13, 2022
Reel 58746, frame 699
Services Development Company LLC; Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Agreement
Jan 13, 2022
Reel 58746, frame 799
Jefferies Finance LLCVirtu Itg Software Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 21, 2024
Reel 67795, frame 846
Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLCU.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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