Also listed on Friendster, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 21, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 26, 2024
Held by Meta Platforms, Inc.
Filed May 26, 2004 as application 10/854,054 · Granted Oct 29, 2013
Base term plus 1274 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
May 26, 2004
May 26, 2004
Term ends
Nov 21, 2027
Nov 21, 2027
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Oct 29, 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
1,274
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.
5
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 1274 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 May 26, 2004, when this application, 10/854,054, was filed | May 26, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1274 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 21, 2027 | 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 21, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,572,221 | this patent Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,990,430 | Term ended no later than Apr 2026 | no later than Apr 2026 |
| US 10,628,502 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 9,241,027 | Term ended no later than Nov 2024 | no later than Nov 2024 |
| US 9,703,879 | Term ended no later than May 2024 | no later than May 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2004 Reel 15099, frame 436 | Galbreath, Nicholas; Predosin, Mirko | Friendster, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 4, 2005 Reel 17191, frame 638 | Friendster, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing III, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Dec 22, 2009 Reel 23679, frame 925 | Venture Lending & Leasing III, LLC | Friendster, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 22, 2009 Reel 23691, frame 700 | Friendster, Inc. | Balthaser Online, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 9, 2010 Reel 23915, frame 424 | Balthaser Online, Inc. | Friendster, Inc. | Release of Limited Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jun 7, 2010 Reel 24492, frame 139 | Friendster, Inc. | Facebook, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 24, 2010 Reel 24878, frame 801 | Friendster, Inc. | Facebook, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 20, 2021 Reel 58553, frame 802 | Facebook, Inc. | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2027
Term ends Nov 21, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1274 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
109
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.
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