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If a check is mailed prior to due date it will be assumed as if rent was paid in time. However, tenant has to produce a verifiable proof. As dispute started on receipt of mail along with check, tenant may alter mode of payment e.g. by cash, personal / walk-in payment by LL, etc. If it does not help, tenant may opt to use escrow through the court so as to avoid any controversy.
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To the extent that you are an assignee of the patent rights, then I assume you can record a name change in the assignment database which will then show the updated name of the assignee in USPTO PAIR and eventually in Google Patents....
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