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Presence-Based Systems and Methods Using Electronic Messaging Activity Data

US 9,825,889 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Nov 21, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jun 24, 2016 as application 15/191,752 · Granted Nov 21, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Nov 21, 2025
2006 2026
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2006
No longer in force
Nov 21, 2025
Granted
Nov 21, 2017
Term would have run to
Nov 20, 2026
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
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Family applications on record here
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Its term would have run to Nov 20, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 20, 2006, when application 11/561,880, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 24, 2016)Nov 20, 2026High 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 events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed Nov 21, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 21, 2025High confidence

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US 9,392,069Lapsed on the fee record
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US 10,904,172Lapsed on the fee record
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US 11,902,226In force
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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
Jul 15, 2016
Reel 39353, frame 71
AOL LLCAOL Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 15, 2016
Reel 39360, frame 62
Lu, Larry L.AOL LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 24, 2017
Reel 43672, frame 369
AOL Inc.Oath Inc.Change of Name
Oct 26, 2020
Reel 54258, frame 635
Oath Inc.Verizon Media Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 19, 2021
Reel 57453, frame 431
Verizon Media Inc.Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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