Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 10, 2019 (PNC Bank, National Association).
Term ends Dec 5, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 10, 2027
Held by Viant Technology LLC
Filed Feb 19, 2010 as application 12/709,401 · Granted Oct 2, 2012
Base term plus 86 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Sep 10, 2007
Sep 10, 2007
Term ends
Dec 5, 2027
Dec 5, 2027
Granted
Oct 2, 2012
Oct 2, 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
86
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,698,422, to Dec 5, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
9
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 86 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 10, 2007, when application 11/852,775, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 19, 2010) | Sep 10, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +86 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 5, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,698,422) | resolves to Dec 5, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 5, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,698,422 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 8,281,005 | this patent Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| Application 13/633,759 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,619,815 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 10,713,671 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 11,288,689 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 11,710,141 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 11,966,938 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2012 Reel 27905, frame 853 | Interactive Media Holdings, Inc.; Specific Media LLC; Myspace LLC; Xumo LLC; Site Meter, Inc.; Bbe LLC; Vindico LLC; Interactive Research Technologies, Inc.; Ilike, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Agent | Security Agreement |
| May 9, 2012 Reel 28184, frame 487 | Specific Media, Inc. | Specific Media LLC | Conversion from a Corporation to Limited Liability Company |
| Jun 21, 2013 Reel 30665, frame 370 | Vanderhook, Timothy; Vanderhook, Christopher; Rathore, Adityavijay B.; Patil, Manish Hiramani; Sastry, Nagendra Madakasira Narayana; Arora, Raviratan; Sangameswara, Shanubhog G. | Specific Media, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 9, 2013 Reel 31189, frame 296 | Specific Media LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 11, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Agent | Interactive Media Holdings, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 11, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Agent | Specific Media LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 11, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Agent | Myspace LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 11, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Agent | Xumo LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 11, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Agent | Site Meter, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 11, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Agent | Bbe LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 11, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Agent | Vindico LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 11, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Agent | Interactive Research Technologies, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 11, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Agent | Ilike, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 11, 2013 Reel 31204, frame 113 | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Agent | Interactive Media Holdings, Inc.; Specific Media LLC; Myspace LLC; Xumo LLC; Site Meter, Inc.; Bbe LLC; Vindico LLC; Interactive Research Technologies, Inc.; Ilike, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Feb 25, 2016 Reel 37829, frame 194 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Ti Newco LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 5, 2017 Reel 42169, frame 141 | Ti Newco LLC | Viant Technology LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 5, 2017 Reel 41866, frame 596 | Specific Media LLC | Ti Newco LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 31, 2019 Reel 50899, frame 368 | Viant Technology LLC (as Assigned from Bank of America, and Pursuant to Change of Name) | Ti Newco LLC (as Assigned from Specific Media LLC) | Release of Patent Security Interest Recorded at Reel 031189/FRAME 0296, Reel 037829/FRAME 0194, and Reel 042169/FRAME 0141 |
| Nov 10, 2019 Reel 50977, frame 542 | Viant Technology LLC; Adelphic LLC; Myspace LLC | Pnc Bank, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Dec 2027
Term ends Dec 5, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 86 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,698,422, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
29
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.