Lapsed Apr 27, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 12, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by R2 Solutions LLC
Filed Dec 12, 2006 as application 11/609,884 · Granted Apr 27, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 692 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Apr 27, 2022
2006
2028
Clock starts
Dec 12, 2006
Dec 12, 2006
No longer in force
Apr 27, 2022
Apr 27, 2022
Granted
Apr 27, 2010
Apr 27, 2010
Term would have run to
Nov 3, 2028
Nov 3, 2028
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
692
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
Its term would have run to Nov 3, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 692 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 12, 2006, when this application, 11/609,884, was filed | Dec 12, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +692 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 3, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 27, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 27, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,707,198 | this patent Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| US 7,941,416 | In force no later than Dec 2026 | no later than Dec 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2007 Reel 18702, frame 100 | Weber, Karon A.; Tripodi, Samantha M.; Shamma, David Ayman | Yahoo! Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 18, 2016 Reel 38383, frame 466 | Yahoo! Inc. | Excalibur IP, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 1, 2016 Reel 38951, frame 295 | Excalibur IP, LLC | Yahoo! Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 3, 2016 Reel 38950, frame 592 | Yahoo! Inc. | Excalibur IP, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 Reel 52853, frame 153 | Acacia Research Group LLC; American Vehicular Sciences LLC; Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC; Cellular Communications Equipment LLC; Innovative Display Technologies LLC; Lifeport Sciences LLC; Limestone Memory Systems LLC; Merton Acquisition Holdco LLC; Mobile Enhancement Solutions LLC; Monarch Networking Solutions LLC; Nexus Display Technologies LLC; Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC; R2 Solutions LLC; Saint Lawrence Communications LLC; Stingray IP Solutions LLC; Super Interconnect Technologies LLC; Teleconference Systems LLC; Unification Technologies LLC | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 25, 2020 Reel 53459, frame 59 | Excalibur IP, LLC | R2 Solutions LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 8, 2020 Reel 53654, frame 254 | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Acacia Research Group LLC; American Vehicular Sciences LLC; Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC; Cellular Communications Equipment LLC; Innovative Display Technologies LLC; Lifeport Sciences LLC; Limestone Memory Systems LLC; Mobile Enhancement Solutions LLC; Monarch Networking Solutions LLC; Nexus Display Technologies LLC; Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC; R2 Solutions LLC; Saint Lawrence Communications LLC; Stingray IP Solutions LLC; Super Interconnect Technologies LLC; Teleconference Systems LLC; Unification Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Acacia Research Group LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | American Vehicular Sciences LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Cellular Communications Equipment LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Innovative Display Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Lifeport Sciences LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Limestone Memory Systems LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Mobile Enhancement Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Monarch Networking Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Nexus Display Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | R2 Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Saint Lawrence Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Stingray IP Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Super Interconnect Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Teleconference Systems LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Unification Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 30, 2020 Reel 54981, frame 377 | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | R2 Solutions LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 053654 Frame 0254. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest Granted Pursuant to the Patent Security Agreement Previously Recorded. |
| Mar 29, 2021 Reel 56832, frame 1 | R2 Solutions LLC | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP, as Collateral Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Assignor Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 052853 Frame: 0153. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
The 692 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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