Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 31, 2020 (Bisf Agent LLC).

Term ends Feb 13, 2031 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Rally AG LLC

Filed May 2, 2007 as application 11/743,649 · Granted May 8, 2012

Base term plus 1383 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Feb 13, 2031

2007 2031

Clock starts
May 2, 2007

Term ends
Feb 13, 2031

Granted
May 8, 2012

base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know

1,383

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 1383 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 2, 2007, when this application, 11/743,649, was filed	May 2, 2027	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+1383 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Feb 13, 2031	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 13, 2031	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
May 24, 2007 Reel 19340, frame 915	Cowherd, Chris	Demand Media, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 11, 2007 Reel 19809, frame 779	Demand Media, Inc.	Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Notice of Grant of Security Interest
Aug 5, 2011 Reel 26711, frame 737	Demand Media, Inc.	Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent	Security Agreement
Aug 9, 2011 Reel 26718, frame 932	Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Demand Media, Inc.	Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Aug 29, 2013 Reel 31123, frame 458	Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent	Demand Media, Inc.	Release of 2011 and 2012 Patent Security Interests
Aug 29, 2013 Reel 31123, frame 671	Demand Media, Inc.	Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent	Security Agreement
Aug 1, 2014 Reel 33449, frame 438	Demand Media, Inc.	Rightside Operating Co.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 7, 2014 Reel 33498, frame 848	Rightside Operating Co.	Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.	Security Interest
Aug 11, 2014 Reel 33510, frame 682	Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent	Demand Media, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Aug 11, 2014 Reel 33510, frame 745	Rightside Operating Co.	Silicon Valley Bank	Security Interest
Dec 13, 2016 Reel 40725, frame 675	Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., as Agent	Rightside Operating Co.	Release of Security Interest
Sep 18, 2018 Reel 46895, frame 430	Donuts, Inc.; Rightside Operating Co.	HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Collateral Agent	Security Interest
Apr 2, 2019 Reel 48774, frame 201	Rightside Operating Co.; Rightside Group, Ltd.	Donuts Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 30, 2020 Reel 54544, frame 169	Autograph, Inc.	Rally AG LLC	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 31, 2020 Reel 54785, frame 312	Donuts Inc.	Bisf Agent LLC, as Collateral Agent	Security Interest
Jan 4, 2021 reel/frame not recorded	HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Collateral Agent	Donuts Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Jan 4, 2021 reel/frame not recorded	HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Collateral Agent	Rightside Operating Co.	Release of Security Interest
Jan 4, 2021 Reel 54795, frame 247	HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Collateral Agent	Donuts Inc.; Rightside Operating Co.	Release of Security Interest
Jan 19, 2021 Reel 55029, frame 963	Bisf Agent LLC, as Resigning Agent	Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Successor Agent	Assignment of Security Interest in Trademarks and Patents
Mar 20, 2025 Reel 70572, frame 404	Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Agent	Identity Digital Inc. (Formerly Known as Donuts, Inc.)	Release of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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What's changing

Feb 2031

Term ends Feb 13, 2031. No further fees fall due before then

Note

The 1383 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

later US patents cite this one

That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 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.

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