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System and Method for Distributing Advertisements to Third-Party SMS Content Providers

US 8,600,415 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Dec 3, 2017 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Voltari Operating Corp.
Filed Jun 24, 2008 as application 12/215,003 · Granted Dec 3, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1494 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Dec 3, 2017
2008 2032
Clock starts
Jun 24, 2008
No longer in force
Dec 3, 2017
Granted
Dec 3, 2013
Term would have run to
Jul 27, 2032
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
1,494
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 24, 2008, when this application, 12/215,003, was filedJun 24, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1494 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 27, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Dec 3, 2017High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 3, 2017High confidence

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