Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 27, 2025 (Ares Capital Corporation).
Term ends Nov 7, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 7, 2031
Filed Feb 5, 2015 as application 14/614,727 · Granted Feb 19, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Nov 7, 2011
Nov 7, 2011
Term ends
Nov 7, 2031
Nov 7, 2031
Granted
Feb 19, 2019
Feb 19, 2019
base term
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 8,955,154, to Nov 7, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term is 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. 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 Nov 7, 2011, when applications 13/290,731 and 13/290,746, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Feb 5, 2015) | Nov 7, 2031 | 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 8,955,154) | resolves to Nov 7, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Nov 7, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,639,930 | In force (reinstated) Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 8,856,956 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 8,955,154 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 8,732,803 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 10,210,539 | this patent Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2015 Reel 34896, frame 532 | Stibel, Jeffrey M.; Buechler, Chad Michael; Landgraf, Raymond; Delgrosso, Peter; Stibel, Aaron B. | Credibility Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 19, 2015 Reel 37086, frame 888 | Brad Acquisition Corp.; Credibility Corp.; Credibility Corp. | Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Feb 12, 2019 Reel 48306, frame 375 | The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation; Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp.; Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.; Hoover's, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 12, 2019 Reel 48306, frame 412 | The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation; Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp.; Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.; Hoover's Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 18, 2022 Reel 58757, frame 232 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation; Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp.; Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.; Hoover's, Inc. | Intellectual Property Release and Termination |
| Jan 18, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation | Intellectual Property Release and Termination |
| Jan 18, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp. | Intellectual Property Release and Termination |
| Jan 18, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. | Intellectual Property Release and Termination |
| Jan 18, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Hoover's, Inc. | Intellectual Property Release and Termination |
| Aug 27, 2025 Reel 72591, frame 843 | Bank Of America, N.a. As Agent | The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation; Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp.; Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.; Hoover’s, Inc.; Lattice Engines, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2025 Reel 72643, frame 196 | Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp.; Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.; Lattice Engines, Inc.; The Dun and Bradstreet Corporation | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. As Agent | The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. As Agent | Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. As Agent | Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. As Agent | Hoover’s, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. As Agent | Lattice Engines, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2031
Term ends Nov 7, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,955,154, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2019 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.