Lapsed Oct 17, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 8, 2031
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Google LLC
Filed May 6, 2015 as application 14/705,701 · Granted Oct 17, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 17, 2025
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jun 8, 2011
Jun 8, 2011
No longer in force
Oct 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
Oct 17, 2017
Term would have run to
Jun 8, 2031
Jun 8, 2031
base term
after the term ends
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.
1 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.
2
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 Jun 8, 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 8, 2011, when application 13/156,182, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 6, 2015) | Jun 8, 2031 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 17, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 17, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,046,999 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,791,957 | this patent Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2016 Reel 39900, frame 610 | Google Inc. | X Development LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 17, 2017 Reel 43023, frame 148 | King, Martin T.; Mannby, Claes-fredrik; Furr, Tony | Exbiblio B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 17, 2017 Reel 43023, frame 191 | King, Martin T.; Mannby, Claes-fredrik | Exbiblio B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 17, 2017 Reel 43023, frame 257 | Mannby, Claes-fredrik | Exbiblio B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 17, 2017 Reel 43023, frame 374 | Teller, Eric | Google Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 17, 2017 Reel 43212, frame 557 | Exbiblio B.V. | Google Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 6, 2017 Reel 44144, frame 1 | Google Inc. | Google LLC | Change of Name |
| Mar 4, 2024 Reel 68092, frame 502 | Google Inc. | Google LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Removal of the Incorrectly Recorded Application Numbers 14/149802 and 15/419313 Previously Recorded at Reel: 44144 Frame: 1. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Citations
102
later US patents cite this one
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