Term ends no later than Mar 30, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 7, 2034
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.
Filed Aug 16, 2021 as application 17/403,603 · Granted Apr 23, 2024
Base term plus 327 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2035
Clock starts
May 7, 2014
May 7, 2014
Ends no later than
Mar 30, 2035
Mar 30, 2035
Granted
Apr 23, 2024
Apr 23, 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
327
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
0 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 327 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 7, 2014, when application 14/271,960, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 16, 2021) | May 7, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +327 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 30, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Mar 30, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,410,816 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 9,939,277 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 11,092,447 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 11,965,745 | this patent no later than Mar 2035 | no later than Mar 2035 |
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 9, 2021 Reel 58350, frame 428 | Aiello, Luca Maria; Quercia, Daniele; Schifanella, Rossano | Yahoo! Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 9, 2021 Reel 58439, frame 77 | Yahoo! Inc. | Yahoo Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 9, 2021 Reel 58439, frame 581 | Yahoo Holdings, Inc. | Oath Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 10, 2021 Reel 58478, frame 156 | Oath Inc. | Verizon Media Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 10, 2021 Reel 59167, frame 691 | Verizon Media Inc. | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2035
Term ends no later than Mar 30, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 327 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Mar 30, 2035. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.