Also listed on Art.com, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 3, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 25, 2027
Held by Walmart Apollo, LLC
Filed May 25, 2007 as application 11/807,238 · Granted Jul 5, 2011
Base term plus 832 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
May 25, 2007
May 25, 2007
Term ends
Sep 3, 2029
Sep 3, 2029
Granted
Jul 5, 2011
Jul 5, 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
832
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 832 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 25, 2007, when this application, 11/807,238, was filed | May 25, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +832 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 3, 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 | Sep 3, 2029 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2007 Reel 19716, frame 316 | Marston, Michael J. | Art.com, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 2, 2009 Reel 22334, frame 153 | Art.com, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Jun 21, 2013 Reel 30667, frame 330 | Art.com, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Second Amendment to Patent and Trademark Security Agreement |
| May 2, 2016 Reel 38434, frame 301 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Art.com, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2017 Reel 43703, frame 258 | Bank of America | Art.com, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2017 Reel 43703, frame 367 | Art.com, Inc. | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2018 Reel 45777, frame 580 | Art.com, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Administrative and Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 30, 2018 Reel 45397, frame 769 | Pacific Western Bank | Art.com, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2019 Reel 48495, frame 940 | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Administrative and Collateral Agent | Art.com, Inc. | Release of Security Interest (Reel/Frame 45777/580) |
| Mar 26, 2019 Reel 48701, frame 136 | Art.com | Walmart Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 2, 2019 Reel 48763, frame 317 | Walmart Inc. | Walmart Apollo, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 5, 2019 Reel 48810, frame 105 | Art.com, Inc. | Walmart Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name Previously Recorded on Reel 048701 Frame 0136. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2029
Term ends Sep 3, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 832 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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
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