Lapsed Jul 14, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 23, 2024
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed May 14, 2008 as application 12/120,448 · Granted Jul 14, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 14, 2021
2004
2026
Clock starts
Dec 23, 2004
Dec 23, 2004
No longer in force
Jul 14, 2021
Jul 14, 2021
Granted
Jul 14, 2009
Jul 14, 2009
Term would have run to
Dec 23, 2024
Dec 23, 2024
base term
after the term ends
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.
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.
3
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Dec 23, 2024: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Dec 23, 2004, when application 11/019,550, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 14, 2008) | Dec 23, 2024 | 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 | 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 | lapsed Jul 14, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 14, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,395,153 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 7,689,349 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 7,561,965 | this patent Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2008 Reel 21691, frame 705 | AOL LLC | Mapquest, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 14, 2009 Reel 23649, frame 61 | AOL Inc.; AOL Advertising Inc.; Bebo, Inc.; Icq LLC; Going, Inc.; Lightningcast LLC; Mapquest, Inc.; Netscape Communications Corporation; Quigo Technologies LLC; Sphere Source, Inc.; Tacoda LLC; Truveo, Inc.; Yedda, Inc. | Bank of American, N.A. as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 16, 2010 Reel 25323, frame 416 | Bank Of America, N A | AOL Inc.; AOL Advertising Inc.; Going Inc.; Lightningcast LLC; Mapquest, Inc.; Netscape Communications Corporation; Quigo Technologies LLC; Sphere Source, Inc.; Tacoda LLC; Truveo, Inc.; Yedda, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | AOL Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | AOL Advertising Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Going Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Lightningcast LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Mapquest, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Netscape Communications Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Quigo Technologies LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Sphere Source, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Tacoda LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Truveo, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Yedda, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Jun 12, 2012 Reel 28358, frame 1 | Nesbitt, David W.; Gearhart, G. Duane; Swartz, Michael Dean | America Online, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 12, 2012 Reel 28358, frame 139 | America Online, Inc. | AOL LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 19, 2012 Reel 29317, frame 861 | AOL Inc. | Microsoft Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 9, 2013 Reel 29622, frame 406 | Mapquest, Inc. | Microsoft Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor and the Doc Date, Identified on Attached Sheets. Previously Recorded on Reel 029317 Frame 0861. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Incorrect Assignor and Document Date of Previously Recorded Assignment.. |
| Dec 9, 2014 Reel 34564, frame 1 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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