Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 20, 2018 (Suntrust Bank).
Term ends Sep 12, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 2, 2026
Held by Mypoints.com, LLC
Filed May 2, 2006 as application 11/416,687 · Granted Mar 30, 2010
Base term plus 864 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
May 2, 2006
May 2, 2006
Term ends
Sep 12, 2028
Sep 12, 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
864
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.
2
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 864 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 May 2, 2006, when this application, 11/416,687, was filed | May 2, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +864 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 12, 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 | Sep 12, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,689,606 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 8,135,675 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2006 Reel 17834, frame 56 | Burgoyne, Andre C.; Bohannon, James J. | Mypoints.com Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2008 Reel 21380, frame 495 | Mypoints.com, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| May 3, 2010 Reel 24320, frame 947 | Silicon Valley Bank | Mypoints.com, Inc. | Release |
| Jun 8, 2016 Reel 38907, frame 502 | Mypoints.com, Inc. | Mypoints.com, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 10, 2017 Reel 40936, frame 199 | Prodege, LLC; Mypoints.com, LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Aug 22, 2017 Reel 43357, frame 716 | Mypoints.com, LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Nov 20, 2018 Reel 47605, frame 852 | Mypoints.com, LLC | Suntrust Bank, As Collateral Agent | Short Form Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Nov 20, 2018 Reel 47609, frame 502 | Silicon Valley Bank | Mypoints.com LLC | Release of Security Interest : Recorded at Reel/Frame - 43357-0716 |
| Nov 20, 2018 Reel 47609, frame 582 | Silicon Valley Bank | Prodege LLC; Mypoints.com LLC | Release of Security Interest : Recorded at Reel/Frame 40936/0199 |
| Nov 20, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Prodege LLC | Release of Security Interest : Recorded at Reel/Frame 40936/0199 |
| Nov 20, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Mypoints.com LLC | Release of Security Interest : Recorded at Reel/Frame 40936/0199 |
| Dec 16, 2021 Reel 58523, frame 885 | Truist Bank (Successor by Merger to Suntrust Bank) | Mypoints.com, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 16, 2021 Reel 58523, frame 934 | Mypoints.com, LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 12, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 864 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
106
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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