Also listed on AOL, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 23, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 23, 2024
Filed Dec 28, 2005 as application 11/319,234 · Granted Mar 30, 2010
Base term plus 1126 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2028
Clock starts
Dec 23, 2004
Dec 23, 2004
Term ends
Jan 23, 2028
Jan 23, 2028
Granted
Mar 30, 2010
Mar 30, 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
1,126
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 1126 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 Dec 23, 2004, when application 11/019,550, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 28, 2005) | Dec 23, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1126 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 23, 2028 | 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 | Jan 23, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,395,153 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 7,689,349 | this patent Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 7,561,965 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2006 Reel 17472, frame 832 | Nesbitt, David W.; Gearhart, G. Duane; Swartz, Michael Dean | AOL LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 17, 2008 Reel 21691, frame 705 | AOL LLC | Mapquest, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 14, 2009 Reel 23649, frame 61 | AOL Inc.; AOL Advertising Inc.; Bebo, Inc.; Icq LLC; Going, Inc.; Lightningcast LLC; Mapquest, Inc.; Netscape Communications Corporation; Quigo Technologies LLC; Sphere Source, Inc.; Tacoda LLC; Truveo, Inc.; Yedda, Inc. | Bank of American, N.A. as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 12, 2010 Reel 24075, frame 790 | Nesbitt, David W.; Gearhart, G. Duane; Swartz, Michael Dean | America Online, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Should Read America Online, Inc. Previously Recorded on Reel 017472 Frame 0832. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the America Online, Inc.. |
| Nov 16, 2010 Reel 25323, frame 416 | Bank Of America, N A | AOL Inc.; AOL Advertising Inc.; Going Inc.; Lightningcast LLC; Mapquest, Inc.; Netscape Communications Corporation; Quigo Technologies LLC; Sphere Source, Inc.; Tacoda LLC; Truveo, Inc.; Yedda, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | AOL Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | AOL Advertising Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Going Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Lightningcast LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Mapquest, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Netscape Communications Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Quigo Technologies LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Sphere Source, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Tacoda LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Truveo, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Yedda, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 19, 2012 Reel 29317, frame 861 | AOL Inc. | Microsoft Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 9, 2013 Reel 29622, frame 406 | Mapquest, Inc. | Microsoft Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor and the Doc Date, Identified on Attached Sheets. Previously Recorded on Reel 029317 Frame 0861. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Incorrect Assignor and Document Date of Previously Recorded Assignment.. |
| Dec 9, 2014 Reel 34543, frame 1 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2019 Reel 48680, frame 107 | America Online, Inc. | AOL LLC | Change of Name |
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Jan 2028
Term ends Jan 23, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1126 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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