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US 8,191,117 In force
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Also listed on Portunus Parent, LLC, which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 10, 2024 (Cerberus Business Finance Agency, LLC).

Term ends Jan 18, 2031 · High confidence

Held by Intersections, LLC
Filed Oct 27, 2008 · Granted May 29, 2012
Base term plus 813 days of PTA
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2031
Clock starts
Oct 27, 2008
Term ends
Jan 18, 2031
Granted
May 29, 2012
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 1, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 1, 2026 and grant & fee data published Oct 27, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
813
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO PTA 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 813 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 Oct 27, 2008Oct 27, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+813 days, USPTO PTA recordJan 18, 2031High 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 orderJan 18, 2031High 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 27, 2008
Reel 21742, frame 787
Lapidous, EugeneAnchorfree, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 28, 2018
Reel 47605, frame 600
Anchorfree Inc.Pacific Western BankSecurity Interest
Jun 25, 2020
Reel 53039, frame 417
Pango Inc.Pacific Western BankSecurity Interest
Jul 1, 2020
Reel 53116, frame 489
Pacific Western BankPango Inc. (Formerly Known as Anchorfree Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Sep 24, 2020
Reel 53879, frame 292
Anchorfree Inc.Pango Inc.Change of Name
Dec 7, 2021
Reel 58328, frame 941
Intersections Inc.; Pango Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Feb 25, 2022
Reel 59251, frame 342
Pango Inc.Pango LLCChange of Name
Mar 16, 2022
Reel 59285, frame 23
Pango LLCPortunus Parent, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 24, 2022
Reel 59392, frame 479
Portunus Parent, LLCAura Holdco, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 31, 2022
Reel 59462, frame 43
Aura Holdco, LLCAura Sub, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 14, 2023
Reel 63859, frame 966
Aura Holdco, LLCAura Sub, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application Numbers 16000700 and 16149928 Previously Recorded at Reel: 059462 Frame: 0043. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Mar 14, 2023
Reel 63873, frame 502
Pango LLCPortunus Parent, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Serial Numbers 16000700 and 16149928 Previously Recorded at Reel: 059285 Frame: 0023. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

Sources

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

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. USPTO does not publish a per-patent fee page, so there is nothing to link to.

What's changing

Note
The 813 days of PTA are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

104
later US patents cite this one
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