Lapsed Mar 6, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 2, 2035
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Jun 2, 2015 as application 14/728,713 · Granted Mar 6, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 52 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Mar 6, 2026
2015
2035
Clock starts
Jun 2, 2015
Jun 2, 2015
No longer in force
Mar 6, 2026
Mar 6, 2026
Granted
Mar 6, 2018
Mar 6, 2018
Term would have run to
Jul 24, 2035
Jul 24, 2035
base term
patent term adjustment
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
52
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
3
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 Jul 24, 2035: its 20-year base term plus 52 days of term 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 2, 2015, when this application, 14/728,713, was filed | Jun 2, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +52 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 24, 2035 | 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 Mar 6, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 6, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,912,697 | this patent Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 10,264,458 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,924,932 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2015 Reel 35787, frame 75 | Dorfman, Scott; Spinelli, Anthony M; Chhatre, Umesh S. | AOL Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 15, 2017 Reel 44884, frame 482 | 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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Note
The 52 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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