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US 7,882,360 In force
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Also listed on MBLX LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Mar 23, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Dec 20, 2004 as application 11/017,461 · Granted Feb 1, 2011
Base term plus 1189 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2004 2028
Clock starts
Dec 20, 2004
Term ends
Mar 23, 2028
Granted
Feb 1, 2011
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
1,189
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.
4
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 1189 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 20, 2004, when this application, 11/017,461, was filedDec 20, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1189 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 23, 2028High 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 orderMar 23, 2028High confidence

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US 7,882,360this patent
Mar 2028
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US 8,281,146Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2024
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US 8,949,943Term ended
Dec 2024
Dec 2024
US 10,469,471Term ended
Dec 2024
Dec 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 27, 2005
Reel 15627, frame 23
Landsman, RichardMBLX LLC.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 16, 2005
Reel 15689, frame 675
Landsman, Richard A.MBLX, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 7, 2005
Reel 16030, frame 888
MBLX LLCAmerica Online, 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 AgentSecurity Agreement
Dec 31, 2009
Reel 23720, frame 509
AOL LLCAOL Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 31, 2009
Reel 23725, frame 351
America Online, Inc.AOL LLCChange of Name
Nov 16, 2010
Reel 25323, frame 416
Bank Of America, N AAOL 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 AAOL Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N AAOL Advertising Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N AGoing Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N ALightningcast LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N AMapquest, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N ANetscape Communications CorporationTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N AQuigo Technologies LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N ASphere Source, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N ATacoda LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N ATruveo, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N AYedda, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Jul 3, 2012
Reel 28487, frame 466
AOL Inc.Facebook, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 20, 2021
Reel 58961, frame 436
Facebook, Inc.Meta Platforms, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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