13 patents currently held

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

1 more record may belong here and awaits a decision; it is not counted.

The next term ends in Jan 2027. from the record

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Ending by 2030

Jan 2027

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notable patents all others 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

Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Notable

Method and Apparatus for Distributed Community Finding US 7,958,120

The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 381 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data. Protection runs to 2029.

Ends Feb 2029 · High confidence Also notable

Concept-level User Intent Profile Extraction and Applications US 10,311,085

Cited by 124 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data. Protection runs to 2035.

Ends Jan 2035 · High confidence Also notable

Discovering Relevant Concept and Context for Content Node US 10,387,892

Cited by 20 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data. Protection runs to 2035.

Ends Feb 2035 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.

1 fee due Dec 4, 2026
The maintenance fee for Concept-level User Intent Profile Extraction and Applications (US 10,311,085) comes due Dec 4, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 4, 2027, it lapses early.
2 fees due Feb 18 to 20, 2027 · next Feb 18

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Recent changes

Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 9 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Discovering Relevant Concept and Context for Content Node	3 in force	to Feb 2035
Concept-level User Intent Profile Extraction and Applications	2 in force	to Jan 2035
Methods and Apparatus for Matching Relevant Content to User Intention	2 in force	to Nov 2027
Method and Apparatus for Distributed Community Finding	1 in force	to Feb 2029
Systems and Methods for Creating, Navigating, and Searching Informational Web Neighborhoods	1 in force	to Jan 2027

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 8,825,657	Systems and Methods for Creating, Navigating, and Searching Informational Web Neighborhoods In force Term ends Jan 19, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 19, 2027	High confidence
US 8,843,434	Methods and Apparatus for Visualizing, Managing, Monetizing, and Personalizing Knowledge Search Results on a User Interface In force Term ends Apr 30, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 30, 2027	High confidence
US 9,817,902	Methods and Apparatus for Matching Relevant Content to User Intention In force Term ends Nov 24, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 24, 2027	High confidence
US 10,733,250	Methods and Apparatus for Matching Relevant Content to User Intention In force Term ends Nov 24, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 24, 2027	High confidence
US 8,380,721	System and Method for Context-Based Knowledge Search, Tagging, Collaboration, Management, and Advertisement In force Term ends Oct 8, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 8, 2028	High confidence
US 7,958,120	Method and Apparatus for Distributed Community Finding In force Term ends Feb 2, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 2, 2029	High confidence
US 12,217,273	Discovering Relevant Concept And Context For Content Node In force Term ends May 6, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 6, 2029	High confidence
US 11,475,465	Discovering Relevant Concept and Context for Content Node In force Term ends Jun 15, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 15, 2030	High confidence
US 9,110,985	Generating a Conceptual Association Graph from Large-Scale Loosely-Grouped Content In force Term ends Apr 19, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 19, 2031	High confidence
US 8,417,695	Identifying Related Concepts of URLs and Domain Names In force Term ends Jul 4, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 4, 2031	High confidence

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Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built

Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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