Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 29, 2022 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ends Oct 30, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 11, 2026
Held by Yahoo Assets LLC
Filed Dec 11, 2006 as application 11/609,300 · Granted Sep 17, 2019
Base term plus 689 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Dec 11, 2006
Dec 11, 2006
Term ends
Oct 30, 2028
Oct 30, 2028
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Sep 17, 2019
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
689
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.
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 689 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 Dec 11, 2006, when this application, 11/609,300, was filed | Dec 11, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +689 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 30, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 30, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,416,838 | this patent Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 10,866,690 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 11,914,838 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application 18/586,295 | Abandoned 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2006 Reel 18659, frame 382 | Kalaboukis, Chris; Nagaraj, Sunil | Yahoo! Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2017 Reel 42963, frame 211 | Yahoo! Inc. | Yahoo Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2018 Reel 45240, frame 310 | Yahoo Holdings, Inc. | Oath Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54258, frame 635 | Oath Inc. | Verizon Media Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 16, 2021 Reel 58982, frame 282 | Yahoo Ad Tech LLC (Formerly Verizon Media Inc.) | Yahoo Assets LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 29, 2022 Reel 61571, frame 773 | Yahoo Assets LLC | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (First Lien) |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Oct 2028
Term ends Oct 30, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 689 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
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