Also listed on Microsoft Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 24, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 24, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Sep 24, 2013 as application 14/035,347 · Granted Nov 18, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Feb 24, 2012
Feb 24, 2012
Term ends
Feb 24, 2032
Feb 24, 2032
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Nov 18, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
25
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Feb 24, 2012, when application 13/404,381, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 24, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 24, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 24, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,392,526 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 8,386,619 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| US 8,539,086 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 8,438,233 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2025 | May 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2012/030115 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,071,509 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 8,959,153 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2023 | Feb 2023 |
| US 8,930,459 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
8 of 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2014 Reel 31920, frame 404 | Color Labs, 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
Feb 2032
Term ends Feb 24, 2032.
Citations
83
later US patents cite this one
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