Also listed on Verve Wireless, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 14, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 30, 2028
Held by Verve Group, Inc. and Verve Wireless, Inc.
Filed Sep 30, 2008 as application 12/241,227 · Granted Jul 17, 2012
Base term plus 805 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Sep 30, 2008
Sep 30, 2008
Term ends
Dec 14, 2030
Dec 14, 2030
Granted
Jul 17, 2012
Jul 17, 2012
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
805
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.
2
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 805 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 Sep 30, 2008, when this application, 12/241,227, was filed | Sep 30, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +805 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 14, 2030 | 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 | Dec 14, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,224,766 | this patent Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2009/058782 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
The 40 most recent of 42 recorded documents are shown; the 2 earliest are not. 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 30, 2014 Reel 32795, frame 702 | Yellowpages.com LLC | Pnc Bank, National Association | Grant of Security Interest -- Patents |
| May 22, 2014 Reel 33002, frame 522 | Yellowpages.com LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2016 Reel 40540, frame 948 | Yellowpages.com LLC | PNC Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 27, 2017 Reel 42829, frame 587 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Yellowpages.com LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 27, 2017 Reel 42829, frame 888 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Yellowpages.com LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 30, 2017 Reel 42877, frame 886 | Yellowpages.com LLC | Verve Wireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 3, 2017 Reel 43074, frame 794 | Yp LLC; Yellowpages.com LLC; Yp Advertising & Publishing LLC; Print Media LLC; Dex Media Holdings, Inc.; Cerberus Yp Digital Blocker LLC; Cerberus Yp Blocker LLC; Yp Holdings LLC; Print Media Holdings LLC; Yp Intermediate Holdings Corp.; Yp Western Holdings Corp.; Yp Southeast Holdings Corp.; Yp Midwest Holdings Corp.; Yp Connecticut Holdings Corp.; Plusmo Holdings Corp.; Ingenio Holdings Corp. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Jul 13, 2017 Reel 43183, frame 734 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Yellowpages.com LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 18, 2017 Reel 43030, frame 110 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Yellowpages.com LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 28, 2017 Reel 43363, frame 518 | Yellowpages.com LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Interest |
| Aug 9, 2017 Reel 43493, frame 648 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Yellowpages.com LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded at Reel: 043183 Frame: 0734. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 9, 2017 Reel 43493, frame 755 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Yellowpages.com LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded at Reel: 042993 Frame: 0160. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest . |
| Oct 23, 2017 Reel 43927, frame 610 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Verve Wireless, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 7, 2017 Reel 44325, frame 946 | Wells Fargo Bank | Verve Wireless, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 31, 2018 Reel 46285, frame 87 | Verve Wireless, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest - Senior Loan |
| May 31, 2018 Reel 46286, frame 291 | Verve Wireless, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest - Mezzanine Loan |
| Feb 19, 2020 Reel 51865, frame 10 | Verve Wireless, Inc. | Verve Wireless (ABC), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 Reel 51865, frame 123 | Verve Wireless (ABC), LLC | Verve Group, Inc.; Verve Wireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Verve Wireless (ABC), LLC | Verve Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Verve Wireless (ABC), LLC | Verve Wireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 13, 2020 Reel 54065, frame 566 | Verve Wireless (ABC), LLC | Verve Group, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 051865 Frame 0123. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Sole Assignee Is Verve Group, Inc. |
| Dec 1, 2020 Reel 54559, frame 239 | Verve Group, Inc. | Verve Group, Inc. | Change of Assignee Address |
| May 10, 2024 Reel 67381, frame 745 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Dex Media, Inc.; Yp LLC; Yellowpages.com LLC; Yp Advertising & Publishing LLC; Print Media LLC; Cerberus Yp Digital Blocker LLC; Cerberus Yp Blocker LLC; Yp Holdings LLC; Print Media Holdings LLC; Yp Intermediate Holdings Corp.; Yp Western Holdings Corp.; Yp Southeast Holdings Corp.; Yp Midwest Holdings Corp.; Yp Connecticut Holdings Corp.; Plusmo Holdings Corp.; Ingenio Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Dex Media, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yellowpages.com LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp Advertising & Publishing LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Print Media LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Cerberus Yp Digital Blocker LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Cerberus Yp Blocker LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp Holdings LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Print Media Holdings LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp Intermediate Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp Western Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp Southeast Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp Midwest Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp Connecticut Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Plusmo Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Ingenio Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 7, 2025 Reel 69830, frame 826 | PNC Bank, National Association, as Agent | Yellowpages.com LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2030
Term ends Dec 14, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 805 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
141
later US patents cite this one
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