Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 31, 2023 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Sep 13, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 10, 2032
Held by The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
Filed Jul 16, 2020 as application 16/930,355 · Granted Apr 4, 2023
Base term plus 368 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Sep 10, 2012
Sep 10, 2012
Term ends
Sep 13, 2033
Sep 13, 2033
Granted
Apr 4, 2023
Apr 4, 2023
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
368
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 10,755,163, to Sep 13, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
6
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 368 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. 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 Sep 10, 2012, when application 13/609,141, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 16, 2020) | Sep 10, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +368 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 13, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,755,163) | resolves to Sep 13, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Sep 13, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,983,885 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 9,619,747 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 10,755,163 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 11,620,489 | this patent Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 12,147,885 | In force no later than Oct 2032 | no later than Oct 2032 |
| Application 18/914,851 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2020 Reel 53236, frame 136 | Bhatt, Meghana; Payne, Rachel | Fem, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 17, 2020 Reel 53236, frame 139 | Fem, Inc. | The Nielsen Company (US), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 31, 2023 Reel 63560, frame 547 | Gracenote Digital Ventures, LLC; Gracenote Media Services, LLC; Gracenote, Inc.; TNC (US) Holdings, Inc.; The Nielsen Company (US), LLC | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Apr 28, 2023 Reel 63561, frame 381 | Gracenote Digital Ventures, LLC; Gracenote Media Services, LLC; Gracenote, Inc.; TNC (US) Holdings, Inc.; The Nielsen Company (US), LLC | Citibank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| May 8, 2023 Reel 63574, frame 632 | Gracenote Digital Ventures, LLC; Gracenote Media Services, LLC; Gracenote, Inc.; TNC (US) Holdings, Inc.; The Nielsen Company (US), LLC | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2033
Term ends Sep 13, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 368 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 10,755,163, 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 2023 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.