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Segmentation of Professional Network Update Data

US 9,697,285 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Microsoft Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Lapsed Jul 4, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jan 8, 2015 as application 14/592,810 · Granted Jul 4, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 4, 2021
2011 2031
Clock starts
Nov 23, 2011
No longer in force
Jul 4, 2021
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
Term would have run to
Nov 23, 2031
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
9
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 Nov 23, 2031: its 20-year base term, with no 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 23, 2011, when application 13/303,812, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 8, 2015)Nov 23, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jul 4, 2021High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 4, 2021High confidence

This family

US 9,172,762In force
Sep 2032
Sep 2032
Application 13/303,812Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,247,015In force
no later than Jun 2031
no later than Jun 2031
US 9,229,900In force
Jan 2031
Jan 2031
US 9,697,285this patent
Jul 2021
Jul 2021
US 9,674,136In force
no later than Jan 2031
no later than Jan 2031
US 10,311,365Lapsed on the fee record
Jun 2023
Jun 2023
US 11,290,412In force
no later than Jan 2031
no later than Jan 2031
8 of 9 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 8, 2015
Reel 34668, frame 767
Blue, Allen; Redfern, Joff; Ogilvie, Paul Taylor; Betz, Joseph PaulLinkedIn CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 1, 2017
Reel 44746, frame 1
LinkedIn CorporationMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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