Also listed on Gravity.com, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 29, 2022 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ends Jul 6, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 14, 2030
Held by Yahoo Assets LLC
Filed May 23, 2019 as application 16/420,811 · Granted Jan 9, 2024
Base term plus 204 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Dec 14, 2010
Dec 14, 2010
Term ends
Jul 6, 2031
Jul 6, 2031
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Jan 9, 2024
base term
patent term adjustment
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
204
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 10,346,436, to Jul 6, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
3
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 204 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. 0 of 1 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 Dec 14, 2010, when application 12/968,251, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 23, 2019) | Dec 14, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +204 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 6, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,346,436) | resolves to Jul 6, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 6, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,615,442 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 10,346,436 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 11,868,375 | this patent Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2019 Reel 49290, frame 889 | Kapur, Amit R.; Pearman, Steven F.; Benedetto, James R. | Project Rover, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 28, 2019 Reel 49291, frame 378 | Project Rover, Inc. | Gravity.com LLC | Change of Name |
| May 28, 2019 Reel 49291, frame 478 | Gravity.com LLC | Oath Inc. | Merger |
| 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
Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 6, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 204 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 10,346,436, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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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.