Term ends Mar 20, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 29, 2033
Filed Jul 29, 2013 as application 13/953,459 · Granted Jun 21, 2016
Base term plus 234 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Jul 29, 2013
Jul 29, 2013
Term ends
Mar 20, 2034
Mar 20, 2034
Granted
Jun 21, 2016
Jun 21, 2016
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
234
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.
42
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 234 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 Jul 29, 2013, when this application, 13/953,459, was filed | Jul 29, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +234 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 20, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 20, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,108,982 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| US 11,562,404 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 9,854,311 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 10,678,869 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 9,015,062 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 9,374,438 | this patent Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 11,328,323 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2014/018336 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 42 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 29, 2013 Reel 30898, frame 589 | Demsey, Seth Mitchell | AOL Advertising Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2034
Term ends Mar 20, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 234 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
30
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.