Term ends Jul 14, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 2, 2029
Held by ByteDance Inc.
Filed Dec 21, 2015 as application 14/976,664 · Granted Oct 30, 2018
Base term plus 134 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Mar 2, 2009
Mar 2, 2009
Term ends
Jul 14, 2029
Jul 14, 2029
Granted
Oct 30, 2018
Oct 30, 2018
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
134
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,235,842, to Jul 14, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
4
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 134 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Mar 2, 2009, when application 12/396,467, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 21, 2015) | Mar 2, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +134 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 14, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,235,842) | resolves to Jul 14, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 14, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,235,842 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 10,116,612 | this patent Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 11,108,724 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 11,695,725 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
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 24, 2018 Reel 46700, frame 169 | Kramer, James F.; Ning, Paul C. | Hoozware, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 24, 2018 Reel 46700, frame 200 | Hoozware, Inc. | Groupon, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 23, 2020 Reel 53294, frame 495 | Groupon, Inc.; Livingsocial, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Feb 26, 2024 Reel 66676, frame 1 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Groupon, Inc.; Livingsocial, LLC (F/K/A Livingsocial, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 26, 2024 Reel 66676, frame 251 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Groupon, Inc.; Livingsocial, LLC (F/K/A Livingsocial, Inc.) | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Rights |
| Feb 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Groupon, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Livingsocial, LLC (F/K/A Livingsocial, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Groupon, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Rights |
| Feb 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Livingsocial, LLC (F/K/A Livingsocial, Inc.) | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Rights |
| Aug 12, 2024 Reel 68833, frame 811 | Groupon, Inc. | ByteDance Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2029
Term ends Jul 14, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 134 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,235,842, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.