Lapsed Apr 10, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 7, 2034
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Aug 8, 2016 as application 15/231,724 · Granted Apr 10, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 10, 2026
2014
2034
Clock starts
May 7, 2014
May 7, 2014
No longer in force
Apr 10, 2026
Apr 10, 2026
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Apr 10, 2018
Term would have run to
May 7, 2034
May 7, 2034
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,410,816, to May 7, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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 May 7, 2034: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 May 7, 2014, when application 14/271,960, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 8, 2016) | May 7, 2034 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,410,816) | resolves to May 7, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 10, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 10, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,410,816 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 9,939,277 | this patent Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 11,092,447 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 11,965,745 | In force no later than Mar 2035 | no later than Mar 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 23, 2017 Reel 42963, frame 211 | Yahoo! Inc. | Yahoo Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2018 Reel 45240, frame 310 | Yahoo Holdings, Inc. | Oath Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 |
| Dec 9, 2021 Reel 58350, frame 428 | Aiello, Luca Maria; Quercia, Daniele; Schifanella, Rossano | Yahoo! Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,410,816, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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