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Method, Device and System for Creating a Virtual Local Social Network

US 8,321,525 In force
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Also listed on Wix.com Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Apr 15, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Nov 27, 2008 as application 12/324,863 · Granted Nov 27, 2012
Base term plus 139 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2029
Clock starts
Nov 27, 2008
Term ends
Apr 15, 2029
Granted
Nov 27, 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
139
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.
6
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 139 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 Nov 27, 2008, when this application, 12/324,863, was filedNov 27, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+139 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 15, 2029High 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 orderApr 15, 2029High confidence

This family

US 8,321,525this patent
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US 8,959,175In force
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US 10,028,076In force
Nov 2028
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Application 16/010,471Abandoned
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US 11,540,103In force
Nov 2028
Nov 2028
Application 18/146,424Abandoned
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 8, 2012
Reel 29262, frame 113
Gaver, Ido; Kirshenboim, Eran; Armon, AnerLoyalblocks Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 19, 2014
Reel 34294, frame 759
Loyalblocks Ltd.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Feb 21, 2017
Reel 41304, frame 133
Silicon Valley BankLoyalblocks Ltd.Release of Security Interest
Oct 25, 2020
Reel 54158, frame 251
Loyalblocks Ltd.Wix.com, Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 21, 2021
Reel 55660, frame 696
Ironsource Ltd.Type a Holdings Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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