Also listed on Tinder LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 4, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 19, 2028
Held by Match Group Americas, LLC
Filed Dec 19, 2008 as application 12/339,301 · Granted Oct 22, 2013
Base term plus 685 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2008
Dec 19, 2008
Term ends
Nov 4, 2030
Nov 4, 2030
Granted
Oct 22, 2013
Oct 22, 2013
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
685
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.
10
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 685 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 Dec 19, 2008, when this application, 12/339,301, was filed | Dec 19, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +685 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 4, 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 | Nov 4, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 61/015,099 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,566,327 | this patent Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| Application 61/793,866 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,733,811 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 9,959,023 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 11,733,841 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 10,203,854 | In force no later than Dec 2028 | no later than Dec 2028 |
| US 11,513,666 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2013 Reel 31442, frame 946 | Carrico, Todd M.; Hoskins, Kenneth B. | Match.com, L.l.c. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 26, 2014 Reel 33828, frame 95 | Match.com | Tinder, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2014 Reel 33918, frame 793 | Match.com, L.l.c. | Tinder, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of Assignor to Read Match.com, L.L.C. Previously Recorded on Reel 033828 Frame 0095. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Assignors Interest to Tinder, Inc. |
| May 11, 2016 Reel 38677, frame 817 | Stone, James C. | Match.com, L.l.c. | Settlement Agreement and Release |
| May 16, 2016 Reel 38708, frame 324 | Stone, James C. | Match.com L.L.C. | Settlement Agreement and Release |
| Nov 10, 2017 Reel 44095, frame 20 | Tinder, Inc. | Match Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 10, 2017 Reel 44095, frame 208 | Match Group, Inc. | Match.com, L.l.c. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2017 Reel 44621, frame 996 | Match.com, L.l.c. | Match Group, LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 22, 2024 Reel 69433, frame 479 | Match Group, LLC | Tinder LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 22, 2024 Reel 69433, frame 503 | Tinder LLC | Match Group Americas, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 2030
Term ends Nov 4, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 685 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
139
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 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.