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System And Method For Modifying A Preference

US 12,301,676 In force
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Term ends Oct 30, 2035 · High confidence

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Filed Aug 22, 2022 as application 17/892,337 · Granted May 13, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2015
Term ends
Oct 30, 2035
Granted
May 13, 2025
base term 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 11,425,213, to Oct 30, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
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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. 0 of 2 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 30, 2015, when application 14/927,789, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 22, 2022)Oct 30, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,425,213)resolves to Oct 30, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 30, 2035High confidence

This family

US 11,425,213In force
Dec 2037
Dec 2037
US 12,301,676this patent
Oct 2035
Oct 2035
Application 19/195,892Pending
not computed
not computed
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 14, 2025
Reel 73065, frame 384
Match Group, LLCTinder LLCChange of Name

Sources

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