Lapsed Feb 14, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 30, 2023
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Meta Platforms, Inc.
Filed Dec 30, 2003 as application 10/747,682 · Granted Feb 14, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1382 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Feb 14, 2024
2003
2027
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2003
Dec 30, 2003
No longer in force
Feb 14, 2024
Feb 14, 2024
Granted
Feb 14, 2012
Feb 14, 2012
Term would have run to
Oct 12, 2027
Oct 12, 2027
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
1,382
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.
11
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 Oct 12, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 1382 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 30, 2003, when this application, 10/747,682, was filed | Dec 30, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1382 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 12, 2027 | 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 Feb 14, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 14, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 10/747,651 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,603,417 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 10/747,676 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,117,265 | this patent Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| Application PCT/US2004/009422 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,874,672 | Term ended Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 9,531,826 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 9,516,125 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
8 of 11 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2004 Reel 14572, frame 895 | Ben-yoseph, Roy | America 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 Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 31, 2009 Reel 23723, frame 585 | America Online, Inc. | AOL LLC | Change of Name |
| Dec 31, 2009 Reel 23723, frame 645 | AOL LLC | AOL Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 16, 2010 Reel 25323, frame 416 | Bank Of America, N A | AOL 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 A | AOL Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | AOL Advertising Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Going Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Lightningcast LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Mapquest, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Netscape Communications Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Quigo Technologies LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Sphere Source, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Tacoda LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Truveo, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Yedda, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Jul 3, 2012 Reel 28487, frame 304 | AOL Inc. | Facebook, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 20, 2021 Reel 58961, frame 436 | Facebook, Inc. | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Change of Name |
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Citations
170
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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