Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 11, 2022 (MGG Investment Group LP).
Term ends Oct 3, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 3, 2032
Held by Zoosk, Inc.
Filed Oct 3, 2012 as application 13/573,767 · Granted May 2, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Oct 3, 2012
Oct 3, 2012
Term ends
Oct 3, 2032
Oct 3, 2032
Granted
May 2, 2017
May 2, 2017
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
5
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 3, 2012, when this application, 13/573,767, was filed | Oct 3, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Oct 3, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,639,695 | this patent Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 9,838,400 | In force no later than Oct 2032 | no later than Oct 2032 |
| US 10,044,731 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 10,432,643 | In force no later than Oct 2032 | no later than Oct 2032 |
| US 10,841,319 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2014 Reel 32321, frame 453 | Mehr, Alexander F.; Zadeh, Shayan G. | Zoosk, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2019 Reel 49637, frame 426 | Zoosk, Inc. | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 11, 2022 Reel 59235, frame 49 | Spark Networks Services GmbH; Spark Networks USA, LLC; Zoosk, Inc. | MGG Investment Group LP | Security Interest |
| Mar 11, 2022 Reel 59237, frame 264 | Blue Torch Finance LLC | Zoosk, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2032
Term ends Oct 3, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
46
later US patents cite this one
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