Lapsed Mar 21, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 6, 2034
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Neustar, Inc.
Filed Nov 6, 2014 as application 14/534,443 · Granted Mar 21, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 147 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Mar 21, 2021
2014
2035
Clock starts
Nov 6, 2014
Nov 6, 2014
No longer in force
Mar 21, 2021
Mar 21, 2021
Granted
Mar 21, 2017
Mar 21, 2017
Term would have run to
Apr 2, 2035
Apr 2, 2035
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
147
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
6
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 Apr 2, 2035: its 20-year base term plus 147 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 Nov 6, 2014, when this application, 14/534,443, was filed | Nov 6, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +147 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 2, 2035 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 21, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 21, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,602,616 | this patent Mar 2021 | Mar 2021 |
| US 10,244,072 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 10,904,352 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 11,546,446 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 12,052,327 | In force no later than Nov 2034 | no later than Nov 2034 |
| US 12,732,569 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2014 Reel 34124, frame 911 | Prieditis, Armand | Neustar, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2017 Reel 43633, frame 440 | Marketshare Partners LLC; Aggregate Knowledge, Inc.; Neustar Information Services, Inc.; Neustar IP Intelligence, Inc.; Neustar, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Aug 22, 2017 Reel 43633, frame 527 | Marketshare Partners LLC; Aggregate Knowledge, Inc.; Neustar Information Services, Inc.; Neustar IP Intelligence, Inc.; Neustar, Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 3, 2021 Reel 58300, frame 739 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Neustar, Inc.; Marketshare Partners LLC; Aggregate Knowledge, Inc.; Neustar Information Services, Inc.; Neustar IP Intelligence, Inc. | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 Reel 58300, frame 762 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Neustar, Inc.; Marketshare Partners LLC; Aggregate Knowledge, Inc.; Neustar Information Services, Inc.; Neustar IP Intelligence, Inc. | First Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Neustar, Inc. | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Marketshare Partners LLC | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Aggregate Knowledge, Inc. | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Neustar Information Services, Inc. | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Neustar IP Intelligence, Inc. | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Neustar, Inc. | First Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Marketshare Partners LLC | First Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Aggregate Knowledge, Inc. | First Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Neustar Information Services, Inc. | First Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Neustar IP Intelligence, Inc. | First Lien Patent Security Agreement Release |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Note
The 147 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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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