Lapsed Dec 1, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 8, 2031
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Aug 8, 2011 as application 13/205,585 · Granted Dec 1, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 892 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Dec 1, 2023
2011
2034
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2011
Aug 8, 2011
No longer in force
Dec 1, 2023
Dec 1, 2023
Granted
Dec 1, 2015
Dec 1, 2015
Term would have run to
Jan 16, 2034
Jan 16, 2034
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
892
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 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.
4
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jan 16, 2034: its 20-year base term plus 892 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 8, 2011, when this application, 13/205,585, was filed | Aug 8, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +892 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 16, 2034 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 1, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 1, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,202,176 | this patent Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 9,558,456 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 10,984,339 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 12,154,008 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2011 Reel 26728, frame 319 | Kapur, Amit R.; Pearman, Steven F.; Benedetto, James R. | Project Rover, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 9, 2014 Reel 32645, frame 447 | Project Rover, Inc. | Gravity.com, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 16, 2014 Reel 32915, frame 691 | Gravity.com, Inc. (F/K/A Project Rover, Inc.) | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 1, 2015 Reel 36042, frame 15 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Gravity.com, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights-Release of 032915/0691 |
| Jul 2, 2019 Reel 49658, frame 904 | Gravity.com LLC | Oath Inc. | Merger |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54258, frame 635 | Oath Inc. | Verizon Media Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 19, 2021 Reel 57453, frame 431 | Verizon Media Inc. | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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The 892 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
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