Term ends May 18, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 15, 2033
Held by Verizon Media Inc.
Filed Mar 15, 2013 as application 13/840,839 · Granted Sep 8, 2015
Base term plus 64 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
May 18, 2033
May 18, 2033
Granted
Sep 8, 2015
Sep 8, 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
64
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
58
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 64 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Mar 15, 2013, when this application, 13/840,839, was filed | Mar 15, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +64 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 18, 2033 | 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 | May 18, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,963,857 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 9,083,674 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
| US 9,632,986 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 9,130,929 | this patent May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 9,803,990 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 9,232,022 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 10,832,289 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 9,386,011 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
8 of 58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2013 Reel 30721, frame 126 | Dorfman, Scott; Sengpiehl, Donald P. | AOL Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 2, 2013 Reel 30936, frame 11 | AOL Inc.; AOL Advertising Inc.; Buysight, Inc.; Mapquest, Inc.; Pictela, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 1, 2015 Reel 36042, frame 53 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | AOL Advertising Inc.; AOL Inc.; Buysight, Inc.; Mapquest, Inc.; Pictela, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights -Release of 030936/0011 |
| Jul 1, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | AOL Advertising Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights -Release of 030936/0011 |
| Jul 1, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | AOL Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights -Release of 030936/0011 |
| Jul 1, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Buysight, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights -Release of 030936/0011 |
| Jul 1, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Mapquest, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights -Release of 030936/0011 |
| Jul 1, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Pictela, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights -Release of 030936/0011 |
| Jun 30, 2017 Reel 43072, frame 66 | AOL Advertising Inc. | Oath (Americas) Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 24, 2020 Reel 51999, frame 720 | Oath (Americas) Inc. | Verizon Media Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 19, 2021 Reel 57453, frame 431 | Verizon Media Inc. | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2024 Reel 66700, frame 1 | Oath Inc. | Verizon Media Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2024 Reel 66701, frame 736 | AOL Inc. | Oath Inc. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
May 2033
Term ends May 18, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 64 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
138
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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