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US 7,693,872 In force
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Also listed on Portunus Parent, LLC, which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 10, 2024 (Cerberus Business Finance Agency, LLC).

Term ends Aug 16, 2027 · High confidence

Held by Intersections, LLC
Filed Aug 16, 2007 · Granted Apr 6, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Aug 16, 2007
Term ends
Aug 16, 2027
Granted
Apr 6, 2010
base term fee events Updated Nov 1, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 1, 2026 and grant & fee data published Oct 27, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

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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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 16, 2007Aug 16, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 16, 2027High 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 16, 2007
Reel 19705, frame 199
Gorodyansky, David; Malobrodsky, Eugene; Gavrilov, DimitryAnchorfree, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 28, 2018
Reel 47605, frame 600
Anchorfree Inc.Pacific Western BankSecurity Interest
Jun 25, 2020
Reel 53039, frame 417
Pango Inc.Pacific Western BankSecurity Interest
Jul 1, 2020
Reel 53116, frame 489
Pacific Western BankPango Inc. (Formerly Known as Anchorfree Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Jul 2, 2020
Reel 53105, frame 591
Pango, Inc.; Intersections Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Sep 24, 2020
Reel 53879, frame 292
Anchorfree Inc.Pango Inc.Change of Name
Dec 7, 2021
Reel 58328, frame 941
Intersections Inc.; Pango Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Dec 8, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Pango, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 8, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Intersections Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 8, 2021
Reel 58330, frame 983
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Pango, Inc.; Intersections Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 25, 2022
Reel 59251, frame 342
Pango Inc.Pango LLCChange of Name
Mar 16, 2022
Reel 59285, frame 23
Pango LLCPortunus Parent, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. USPTO does not publish a per-patent fee page, so there is nothing to link to.

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