Also listed on Credit Managers Association of California D B a Cma Business Credit Services, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 11, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 6, 2024
Filed Dec 6, 2004 as application 11/006,064 · Granted Apr 6, 2010
Base term plus 1131 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2028
Clock starts
Dec 6, 2004
Dec 6, 2004
Term ends
Jan 11, 2028
Jan 11, 2028
Granted
Apr 6, 2010
Apr 6, 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
1,131
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.
This patent's term runs 1131 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 6, 2004, when this application, 11/006,064, was filed | Dec 6, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1131 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 11, 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 11, 2028 | High confidence |
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 6, 2004 Reel 16074, frame 271 | Gross, William; McGovern, Tom | Perfect Market Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 19, 2005 Reel 17340, frame 731 | Olson, Sean | Perfect Market Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 8, 2008 Reel 21364, frame 963 | Perfect Market Technologies, Inc. | Snap Technologies, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 3, 2009 Reel 23188, frame 339 | Snap Technologies, Inc. | Square 1 Bank | Security Agreement |
| Mar 2, 2011 Reel 25889, frame 735 | Square 1 Bank | Snap Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 29, 2011 Reel 26993, frame 939 | Snap Technologies, Inc. | Idealab Holdings, L.l.c. | Lien |
| Mar 20, 2012 Reel 27898, frame 851 | Snap Technologies, Inc. | Credit Managers Association of California | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 24, 2012 Reel 28123, frame 500 | Credit Managers Association of California | Idealab Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 11, 2013 Reel 31389, frame 166 | Idealab | Idealab Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 6, 2013 Reel 31554, frame 403 | Benson, Dave | Idealab Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2013 Reel 31570, frame 734 | Idealab Holdings, LLC | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2028
Term ends Jan 11, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1131 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
167
later US patents cite this one
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