Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 13, 2024 (SLR Digital Finance LLC).
Term ends Feb 2, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 10, 2025
Held by Netseer, Inc.
Filed May 10, 2005 as application 11/125,329 · Granted Jun 7, 2011
Base term plus 1364 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2029
Clock starts
May 10, 2005
May 10, 2005
Term ends
Feb 2, 2029
Feb 2, 2029
Granted
Jun 7, 2011
Jun 7, 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
1,364
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
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 1364 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 10, 2005, when this application, 11/125,329, was filed | May 10, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1364 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 2, 2029 | 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 | Feb 2, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,958,120 | this patent Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 8,301,617 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 8,838,605 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 8,825,654 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2006 reel/frame not recorded | Muntz, Alice Hwei-yuan Meng; Rezaei, Behnam Attaran | Muntz, Alice Hwei-yuan Meng | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 3, 2006 reel/frame not recorded | Muntz, Alice Hwei-yuan Meng; Rezaei, Behnam Attaran | Behnam Attaran Rezaei | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 3, 2006 Reel 18488, frame 177 | Rezaei, Behnam Attaran; Muntz, Alice Hwei-yuan Meng | Muntz, Alice Hwei-yuan Meng; Behnam Attaran Rezaei | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 3, 2008 Reel 21196, frame 163 | Muntz, Alice Hwei-yuan Meng; Rezaei, Behnam Attaran | Netseer, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 30, 2014 Reel 33070, frame 296 | Netseer, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Feb 22, 2017 Reel 41342, frame 430 | Netseer, Inc. | Netseer Acquisition, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 28, 2017 Reel 42105, frame 302 | Netseer, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
| Apr 4, 2017 Reel 41850, frame 435 | Silicon Valley Bank | Netseer, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 14, 2017 Reel 42808, frame 301 | Netseer Acquisition, Inc. | Netseer, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 13, 2024 Reel 68261, frame 709 | Netseer, Inc.; Vertro, Inc.; Validclick Inc. | SLR Digital Finance LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 30, 2026 Reel 75137, frame 579 | Netseer, Inc. | Streeterville Capital, LLC | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2029
Term ends Feb 2, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1364 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
381
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.