Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 10, 2019 (PNC Bank, National Association).
Term ends May 16, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 16, 2033
Held by Viant Technology LLC
Filed May 2, 2016 as application 15/144,389 · Granted Sep 1, 2020
Base term plus 532 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
May 16, 2013
May 16, 2013
Term ends
May 16, 2033
May 16, 2033
Granted
Sep 1, 2020
Sep 1, 2020
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
532
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,996,727, US 9,331,921.
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.
12
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 runs 532 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 May 16, 2013, when application 13/895,587, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 2, 2016) | May 16, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +532 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 30, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,996,727, US 9,331,921) | capped to May 16, 2033 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 16, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 61/648,341 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,331,921 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 8,996,727 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 10,764,240 | this patent May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 11,310,195 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 11,463,403 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2021/056268 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,095,726 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
8 of 12 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2016 Reel 38439, frame 393 | Defrancesco, Brian C.; Vanderhook, Timothy C.; Vanderhook, Christopher J. | Specific Media, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2016 Reel 38439, frame 401 | Specific Media, LLC | Vindico, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2017 Reel 41889, frame 406 | Vindico LLC | Ti Newco LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2017 Reel 42180, frame 26 | Ti Newco LLC | Viant Technology LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 10, 2019 Reel 50977, frame 542 | Viant Technology LLC; Adelphic LLC; Myspace LLC | Pnc Bank, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
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What's changing
May 2033
Term ends May 16, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 532 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,996,727, US 9,331,921.
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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.