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Systems and Methods for Discovery and Tracking of Web-Based Advertisements

US 9,767,480 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 15, 2024 (Bain Capital Credit, LP).

Term ends no later than Oct 24, 2035 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Jun 19, 2012 as application 13/527,535 · Granted Sep 19, 2017
Base term plus 1222 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2035
Clock starts
Jun 19, 2012
Ends no later than
Oct 24, 2035
Granted
Sep 19, 2017
base term patent term adjustment 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
1,222
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
4
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 runs 1222 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jun 19, 2012, when this application, 13/527,535, was filedJun 19, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1222 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 24, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Oct 24, 2035Medium confidence

This family

US 9,767,480this patent
no later than Oct 2035
no later than Oct 2035
US 10,026,096In force
no later than Jun 2032
no later than Jun 2032
US 10,650,407In force
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
US 10,970,740In force
no later than Jun 2032
no later than Jun 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 19, 2012
Reel 28405, frame 660
Gottlieb, Gabriel; Lorimor, Thomas GeorgeYieldmetrics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 20, 2013
Reel 31042, frame 522
Yieldmetrics, Inc.Adomic, Inc.Change of Name
Jul 23, 2015
Reel 36172, frame 505
Adomic, Inc.Pathmatics, Inc.Change of Name
May 17, 2021
Reel 56265, frame 295
Pathmatics, Inc.Pnc Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Mar 15, 2024
Reel 66781, frame 974
Pathmatics, Inc.; Data. AI Inc.Bain Capital Credit, LPSecurity Interest
Mar 18, 2024
Reel 66816, frame 815
Pnc Bank, National AssociationPathmatics, Inc.Release of Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (056265/0295)

Sources

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

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