Term ends no later than Feb 12, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 16, 2025
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 Lemon Inc.
Filed Nov 16, 2005 as application 11/282,120 · Granted Feb 9, 2010
Base term plus 818 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2028
Clock starts
Nov 16, 2005
Nov 16, 2005
Ends no later than
Feb 12, 2028
Feb 12, 2028
Granted
Feb 9, 2010
Feb 9, 2010
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
818
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.
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.
347
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 818 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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 16, 2005, when this application, 11/282,120, was filed | Nov 16, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +818 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 12, 2028 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Feb 12, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,615,719 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 8,103,545 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 10,038,756 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 8,688,671 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| Application 11/274,884 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,364,521 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 7,660,581 | this patent no later than Feb 2028 | no later than Feb 2028 |
| Application 11/281,902 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 347 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2006 Reel 17118, frame 509 | Ramer, Jorey; Soroca, Adam; Doughty, Dennis | Jumptap, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 16, 2014 Reel 32225, frame 738 | Jumptap, Inc. | Millennial Media, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 25, 2014 Reel 34455, frame 867 | Millennial Media, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Oct 26, 2015 Reel 36953, frame 276 | Silicon Valley Bank | Millennial Media, Inc.; Jumptap, Inc.; Neptune Merger Sub I, Inc.; Neptune Merger Sub II, LLC | Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 26, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Millennial Media, Inc. | Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 26, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Jumptap, Inc. | Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 26, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Neptune Merger Sub I, Inc. | Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 26, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Neptune Merger Sub II, LLC | Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 16, 2016 Reel 38129, frame 283 | Millennial Media, Inc. | Millennial Media LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 13, 2020 Reel 51928, frame 851 | Millennial Media LLC | Oath (Americas) Inc. | Merger |
| Feb 13, 2020 Reel 51929, frame 86 | Oath (Americas) Inc. | Verizon Media Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 22, 2022 Reel 59472, frame 1 | Verizon Media Inc. | Yahoo Ad Tech LLC | Change of Name |
| May 10, 2022 Reel 59925, frame 354 | Yahoo Ad Tech LLC | Blue Hills, Series 95 of Allied Security Trust I | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Oct 21, 2024 Reel 69192, frame 515 | Blue Hills, Series 95 of Allied Security Trust I | Lemon Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2028
Term ends no later than Feb 12, 2028. No further fees 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 818 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 Feb 12, 2028. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
357
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2010 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
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.