Also listed on Avatar Acquisition Corp., which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 23, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 23, 2035
Held by Snap Inc.
Filed Mar 23, 2015 · Granted Aug 29, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Mar 23, 2015
Mar 23, 2015
Term ends
Mar 23, 2035
Mar 23, 2035
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Aug 29, 2017
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 1, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 1, 2026 and grant & fee data published Oct 27, 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.
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Applications in this family
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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 Mar 23, 2015 | Mar 23, 2035 | 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 | Mar 23, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,747,573 | this patent Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| US 10,496,947 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 11,922,356 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
| US 12,711,451 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2015 Reel 35232, frame 783 | Shaburov, Victor; Monastyrshin, Yurii | Looksery, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 15, 2015 Reel 35949, frame 506 | Looksery, Inc. | Avatar Acquisition Corp. | Merger |
| Jun 15, 2015 Reel 35913, frame 978 | Avatar Acquisition Corp. | Avatar Merger Sub II, LLC. | Merger |
| May 23, 2019 Reel 49269, frame 90 | Avatar Merger Sub II, LLC | Snap Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. USPTO does not publish a per-patent fee page, so there is nothing to link to.
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Mar 2035
Term ends Mar 23, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
61
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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