Also listed on Yahoo Holdings, Inc., which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 22, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 22, 2032
Held by Yahoo Ad Tech LLC
Filed Mar 22, 2012 · Granted Aug 28, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Mar 22, 2012
Mar 22, 2012
Term ends
Mar 22, 2032
Mar 22, 2032
Granted
Aug 28, 2012
Aug 28, 2012
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
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Applications in this family
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 22, 2012 | Mar 22, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Mar 22, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,255,495 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 8,392,538 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,158,747 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,078,707 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,783,215 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
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 20, 2012 Reel 28084, frame 741 | Lee, Amy | Luminate, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 11, 2014 Reel 33723, frame 589 | Luminate, Inc. | Yahoo! Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2017 Reel 42963, frame 211 | Yahoo! Inc. | Yahoo Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2018 Reel 45240, frame 310 | Yahoo Holdings, Inc. | Oath Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54258, frame 635 | Oath Inc. | Verizon Media Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2022 Reel 59471, frame 514 | Verizon Media Inc. | Yahoo Ad Tech LLC | Change of Name |
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.
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 22, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
22
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
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