The Patent Finder
US

Customized Content Delivery Through the Use of Arbitrary Geographic Shapes

US 8,504,073 In force (reinstated)
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Oct 5, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Aug 12, 2008 as application 12/189,861 · Granted Aug 6, 2013
Base term plus 784 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2030
Clock starts
Aug 12, 2008
Term ends
Oct 5, 2030
Granted
Aug 6, 2013
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
784
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.
4
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 784 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 Aug 12, 2008, when this application, 12/189,861, was filedAug 12, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+784 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 5, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn force (reinstated)High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 5, 2030High confidence

This family

US 8,504,073this patent
Oct 2030
Oct 2030
US 8,923,889In force
Aug 2028
Aug 2028
US 9,160,802In force
Aug 2028
Aug 2028
US 9,424,595In force
Aug 2028
Aug 2028
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
Aug 12, 2008
Reel 21372, frame 32
Svendsen, Hugh; Marsh, Olivia Marie; Evans, Gregory M.Concert Technology CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 23, 2009
Reel 22436, frame 57
Concert Technology CorporationKota Enterprises, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 22, 2010
Reel 25388, frame 66
Kota Enterprises, LLCTeaneck Enterprises, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 24, 2015
Reel 36501, frame 341
Teaneck Enterprises, LLCConcert Debt, LLCSecurity Interest
Sep 1, 2015
Reel 36515, frame 495
Concert Technology CorporationConcert Debt, LLCSecurity Interest
Jun 15, 2017
Reel 42728, frame 298
Teaneck Enterprises, LLCLemi Technology, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 31, 2019
Reel 48198, frame 600
Lemi Technology, LLCIkorongo Technology, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 31, 2019
Reel 48198, frame 648
Concert Debt, LLCConcert Technology Corporation; Lemi Technology, LLCSecurity Interest
Jan 31, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Concert Debt, LLCConcert Technology CorporationSecurity Interest
Jan 31, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Concert Debt, LLCLemi Technology, LLCSecurity Interest
Jan 12, 2024
Reel 66287, frame 639
Ikorongo Technology, LLCIP3 2023, Series 923 of Allied Security Trust IAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 7, 2026
Reel 75782, frame 624
IP3 2023, Series 923 of Allied Security Trust IRP Intellectual Partners LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

The Patent Finder CompaniesExpirationsCalculatorWatchlistPricing MethodologyCorrectionsLegalPrivacysupport@thepatentfinder.com Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) Part of 137 Finder · © 2026 137 Finder LLC · Sources cited