Also listed on Microsoft Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 26, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 22, 2028
Filed May 15, 2013 as application 13/894,970 · Granted Aug 26, 2014
Base term plus 4 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Aug 22, 2008
Aug 22, 2008
Term ends
Aug 26, 2028
Aug 26, 2028
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Aug 26, 2014
base term
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
4
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.
3
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 4 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 Aug 22, 2008, when application 12/229,535, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 15, 2013) | Aug 22, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +4 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 26, 2028 | 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 | Aug 26, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,110,569 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 8,819,008 | this patent Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 9,235,333 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2024 | Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2014 Reel 32353, frame 510 | Rose, R. Kevin | Digg, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 11, 2014 Reel 32402, frame 760 | Digg, Inc. | LinkedIn Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 1, 2017 Reel 44746, frame 1 | LinkedIn Corporation | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2028
Term ends Aug 26, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 4 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
8
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.