Term ends Jan 30, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 12, 2026
Held by Meta Platforms, Inc.
Filed Oct 7, 2011 as application 13/269,307 · Granted Apr 8, 2014
Base term plus 140 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Sep 12, 2006
Sep 12, 2006
Term ends
Jan 30, 2027
Jan 30, 2027
Granted
Apr 8, 2014
Apr 8, 2014
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
140
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.
12
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 140 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 Sep 12, 2006, when application 11/531,154, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 7, 2011) | Sep 12, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +140 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 30, 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 | Jan 30, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,798,789 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 8,037,093 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,694,542 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,874,546 | Term ended no later than Sep 2026 | no later than Sep 2026 |
| US 8,874,612 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,412,179 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 10,353,915 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 10,171,599 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2021 Reel 58553, frame 802 | Facebook, Inc. | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 30, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 140 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 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.