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Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 10, 2019 (PNC Bank, National Association).

Term ends Jan 30, 2032 · High confidence

Held by Myspace LLC
Filed Oct 27, 2011 as application 13/282,854 · Granted Jan 6, 2015
Base term plus 95 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2032
Clock starts
Oct 27, 2011
Term ends
Jan 30, 2032
Granted
Jan 6, 2015
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
95
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.

This patent's term runs 95 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 27, 2011, when this application, 13/282,854, was filedOct 27, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+95 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 30, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 30, 2032High confidence

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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 9, 2012
Reel 27499, frame 681
Panyam, Sai; Mansukhani, SamMyspace, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 9, 2012
Reel 27499, frame 270
Roby, FredrickMyspace, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 8, 2012
Reel 28173, frame 600
Myspace, Inc.Myspace LLCConversion from a Corporation to Limited Liability Company
Nov 24, 2015
Reel 37136, frame 806
Myspace LLCBank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 25, 2016
Reel 37829, frame 757
Bank Of America, N.a.Ti Newco LLCSecurity Interest
Apr 7, 2017
Reel 42196, frame 747
Ti Newco LLCViant Technology LLCChange of Name
Apr 7, 2017
Reel 41934, frame 500
Myspace LLCTi Newco LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 7, 2017
Reel 41934, frame 659
Viant Technology LLCMyspace LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 31, 2019
Reel 50900, frame 79
Viant Technology LLC (as Assigned from Bank of America, and Pursuant to Change of Name)Ti Newco LLC (as Assigned from Myspace LLC)Release of Patent Security Interest Recorded at Reel 037136/FRAME 0806, Reel 037829/FRAME 0757, and Reel 042196/FRAME 0747
Nov 10, 2019
Reel 50977, frame 542
Viant Technology LLC; Adelphic LLC; Myspace LLCPnc Bank, National AssociationPatent Security Agreement

Sources

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