14 patents currently held

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

The next term ends in May 2028. from the record

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May 2028

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notable patents all others Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know

Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Notable

Multi-Strategy Generation of Product Recommendations US 8,244,564

The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 153 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data. Protection runs to 2031.

Ends Jan 2031 · High confidence Also notable

System and Process for Improving Product Recommendations for Use in Providing Personalized Advertisements to Retail Customers US 8,364,528

Cited by 93 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2030.

Ends May 2030 · High confidence Also notable

System and Method for Providing Targeted Content US 8,209,214

Renewed at every maintenance window since the 2012 grant; no more fees are due before its term ends in 2030.

Ends Apr 2030 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.

1 fee due Mar 24, 2027
The maintenance fee for Performing Personalized Category-Based Product Sorting (US 10,423,999) comes due Mar 24, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 24, 2027, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 12 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

System and Process for Improving Product Recommendations for Use in Providing Personalized Advertisements to Retail Customers	2 in force	to May 2030
System and Method for Providing Targeted Content	2 in force	to Apr 2030
Multi-Strategy Generation of Product Recommendations	1 in force	to Jan 2031
Demand-Driven, Collaborative Systems and Processes for Collecting Structured Information	1 in force	to Oct 2030
System and Process for Receiving Boosting Recommendations for Use in Providing Personalized Advertisements to Retail Customers	1 in force	to Jun 2029

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 8,924,265	System and Process for Improving Product Recommendations for Use in Providing Personalized Advertisements to Retail Customers In force Term ends May 17, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 17, 2028	High confidence
US 8,108,463	Demand-Driven, Collaborative Systems and Processes for Collecting Structured Information In force Term ends Jun 20, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 20, 2028	High confidence
US 8,583,524	System and Process for Improving Recommendations for Use in Providing Personalized Advertisements to Retail Customers In force Term ends Dec 28, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 28, 2028	High confidence
US 8,156,138	System and Method for Providing Targeted Content In force Term ends May 15, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 15, 2029	High confidence
US 8,019,642	System and Process for Receiving Boosting Recommendations for Use in Providing Personalized Advertisements to Retail Customers In force Term ends Jun 28, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 28, 2029	High confidence
US 8,108,329	System and Process for Boosting Recommendations for Use in Providing Personalized Advertisements to Retail Customers In force Term ends Jun 28, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 28, 2029	High confidence
US 9,639,846	System and Method for Providing Targeted Content In force Term ends Nov 9, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 9, 2029	High confidence
US 8,209,214	System and Method for Providing Targeted Content In force Term ends Apr 24, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 24, 2030	High confidence
US 8,364,528	System and Process for Improving Product Recommendations for Use in Providing Personalized Advertisements to Retail Customers In force Term ends May 24, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 24, 2030	High confidence
US 8,250,139	Demand-Driven, Collaborative Systems and Processes for Collecting Structured Information In force Term ends Oct 2, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 2, 2030	High confidence

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Also on record, not counted in the 14: 11 applications abandoned. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built

Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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