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Method and Apparatus for Passively Monitoring Online Video Viewing and Viewer Behavior

US 9,485,316 In force
OverviewSources & methods

Term ends Dec 22, 2028 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Adobe Inc.
Filed Aug 23, 2013 as application 13/975,196 · Granted Nov 1, 2016
Base term plus 144 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Sep 17, 2008
Term ends
Dec 22, 2028
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
base term patent term adjustment 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
144
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,549,550.
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.

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 filingClock starts Sep 17, 2008, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Aug 23, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Sep 17, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+144 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 8, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,549,550)capped to Dec 22, 2028High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 22, 2028Medium confidence

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