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Computer program product and device for displaying advertising on a television

US 8,966,531 Term ended
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Term ended Jul 1, 2022 · From the USPTO record

Named at grant Your Choice Interactive, Inc. · find this owner
Filed May 30, 2011 as application 13/118,543 · Granted Feb 24, 2015
Base term plus 761 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jul 1, 2022
2000 2026
Clock starts
May 31, 2000
Term ended
Jul 1, 2022
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
761
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 31, 2000, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed May 30, 2011)May 31, 2020High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+761 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 1, 2022High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 1, 2022From the USPTO record

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