Also listed on Vercara, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 30, 2025 (UBS AG, Stamford Branch).
Term ends Feb 16, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 1, 2025
Held by Digicert, Inc.
Filed Jun 1, 2005 as application 11/142,890 · Granted Jun 9, 2009
Base term plus 625 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Jun 1, 2005
Jun 1, 2005
Term ends
Feb 16, 2027
Feb 16, 2027
Granted
Jun 9, 2009
Jun 9, 2009
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
625
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
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 625 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jun 1, 2005, when this application, 11/142,890, was filed | Jun 1, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +625 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 16, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 16, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,546,368 | this patent Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 7,814,202 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2014 | Oct 2014 |
| US 8,370,485 | Term ended Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
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 18, 2005 Reel 16275, frame 660 | Drees, Timothy; Rachitsky, Lenny; Taylor, Doug | Webmetrics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 4, 2009 Reel 22635, frame 574 | Webmetrics, Inc. | Neustar, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29809, frame 260 | Neustar, Inc.; Neustar IP Intelligence, Inc.; Ultradns Corporation; Neustar Information Services, Inc.; Neustar Data Services, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 21, 2017 Reel 43618, frame 826 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Neustar, Inc.; Neustar IP Intelligence, Inc.; Ultradns Corporation; Neustar Information Services, Inc.; Neustar Data Services, Inc.; Aggregate Knowledge, Inc.; Marketshare Acquisition Corporation; Marketshare Holdings, Inc.; Marketshare Partners, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Neustar, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Neustar IP Intelligence, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Ultradns Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Neustar Information Services, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Neustar Data Services, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Aggregate Knowledge, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Marketshare Acquisition Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Marketshare Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Marketshare Partners, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 22, 2017 Reel 43633, frame 440 | Marketshare Partners LLC; Aggregate Knowledge, Inc.; Neustar Information Services, Inc.; Neustar IP Intelligence, Inc.; Neustar, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Aug 22, 2017 Reel 43633, frame 527 | Marketshare Partners LLC; Aggregate Knowledge, Inc.; Neustar Information Services, Inc.; Neustar IP Intelligence, Inc.; Neustar, Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 30, 2021 Reel 57327, frame 418 | Neustar, Inc. | Security Services, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 3, 2021 Reel 58300, frame 739 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Neustar, Inc.; Marketshare Partners LLC; Aggregate Knowledge, Inc.; Neustar Information Services, Inc.; Neustar IP Intelligence, Inc. | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 Reel 58300, frame 762 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Neustar, Inc.; Marketshare Partners LLC; Aggregate Knowledge, Inc.; Neustar Information Services, Inc.; Neustar IP Intelligence, Inc. | First Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Neustar, Inc. | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Marketshare Partners LLC | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Aggregate Knowledge, Inc. | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Neustar Information Services, Inc. | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Neustar IP Intelligence, Inc. | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Neustar, Inc. | First Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Marketshare Partners LLC | First Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Aggregate Knowledge, Inc. | First Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Neustar Information Services, Inc. | First Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Neustar IP Intelligence, Inc. | First Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Mar 21, 2024 Reel 66867, frame 462 | Security Services, LLC | Vercara, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 23, 2025 Reel 69991, frame 330 | Vercara, LLC | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jan 23, 2025 Reel 69991, frame 390 | Vercara, LLC | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 21, 2025 Reel 71781, frame 348 | Vercara, LLC | Digicert, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 30, 2025 Reel 72295, frame 1 | Digicert, Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement |
| Sep 24, 2025 Reel 72947, frame 203 | Digicert, Inc. | HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Intellectual Property Agreement Supplement |
| Sep 24, 2025 Reel 72928, frame 289 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Resigning Agent | HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Successor Agent | Assignment of Security Interests in Intellectual Property (First Lien), Recorded on January 23, 2025 at Reel 069991 Frame 0390 |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Feb 2027
Term ends Feb 16, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 625 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
36
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2009 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.