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Method and Apparatus for Displaying Ads Directed to Personas Having Associated Characteristics

US 10,482,501 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends no later than Jun 6, 2032 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Held by Rally AG LLC
Filed Jan 5, 2018 as application 15/863,708 · Granted Nov 19, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jun 6, 2012
Ends no later than
Jun 6, 2032
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
1 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
2
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 6, 2012, when application 13/490,447, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 5, 2018)Jun 6, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Jun 6, 2032Medium confidence

This family

US 9,898,756Lapsed on the fee record
Feb 2022
Feb 2022
US 10,482,501this patent
no later than Jun 2032
no later than Jun 2032
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 18, 2019
Reel 48625, frame 753
Allan, Kevin; Huseby, Thomas S.; Munslow, William; Pratt, David; Roundtree, BrianNfluence Media, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 18, 2019
Reel 48628, frame 85
Nfluence Media, Inc.Autograph, Inc.Change of Name
Nov 30, 2020
Reel 54544, frame 169
Autograph, Inc.Rally AG LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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