Also listed on Pebbles Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Dec 27, 2034 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Filed Aug 7, 2014 as application 14/453,733 · Granted Jul 10, 2018

Base term plus 142 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Dec 27, 2034

2014 2034

Clock starts
Aug 7, 2014

Term ends
Dec 27, 2034

Granted
Jul 10, 2018

base term patent term adjustment 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

142

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

2 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.

This patent's term runs 142 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Aug 7, 2014, when this application, 14/453,733, was filed	Aug 7, 2034	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+142 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Dec 27, 2034	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	2 of 3 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Dec 27, 2034	High confidence

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
Jul 1, 2015 Reel 35946, frame 458	Grossinger, Nadav; Alpern, Yair	Pebbles Ltd.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 21, 2016 Reel 37545, frame 701	Pebbles Ltd.	Oculus VR, LLC	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 4, 2016 Reel 40196, frame 790	Oculus VR, LLC	Facebook, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 30, 2018 Reel 47687, frame 942	Facebook, Inc.	Facebook Technologies, LLC	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 8, 2022 Reel 60315, frame 224	Facebook Technologies, LLC	Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC	Change of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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What's changing

Dec 2034

Term ends Dec 27, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then

Note

The 142 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

later US patents cite this one

That is top 25% 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

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

In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.

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