Also listed on MBLX LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 13, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 7, 2024
Held by Google LLC
Filed May 7, 2004 as application 10/841,767 · Granted Sep 15, 2009
Base term plus 1162 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
May 7, 2004
May 7, 2004
Term ends
Jul 13, 2027
Jul 13, 2027
Granted
Sep 15, 2009
Sep 15, 2009
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
1,162
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
This patent's term runs 1162 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 7, 2004, when this application, 10/841,767, was filed | May 7, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1162 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 13, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 13, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,590,695 | this patent Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,073,916 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 9,037,660 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2004 Reel 14739, frame 284 | By Court Order Signed by the Judge on 04/28/2004, and Filed by the Clerk 05/07/2004, on Behalf of Phillip Y. Goldman A/K/A Phil Goldman (Deceased) | Goldman Living Trust, The | Court Order |
| Jun 21, 2004 Reel 14754, frame 608 | Goldman Living Trust, The | Mailblocks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 23, 2004 Reel 15170, frame 39 | Landsman, Richard A.; Logue, Jay; Heiner, Jeffrey N.; Evans, John S.; Migliore, Michael R. | Mailblocks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 24, 2004 Reel 15174, frame 432 | Landsman, Richard A.; Logue, Jay; Heiner, Jeffrey N.; Evans, John S.; Migliore, Michael R. | Mailblocks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 12, 2005 Reel 16164, frame 475 | Mailblocks, Inc. | MBLX LLC | Merger |
| Apr 7, 2005 Reel 16030, frame 888 | MBLX LLC | America Online, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 31, 2009 Reel 23042, frame 779 | America Online, Inc. | AOL LLC | 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 |
| Dec 31, 2009 Reel 23720, frame 509 | AOL LLC | AOL Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 |
| Sep 6, 2012 Reel 28911, frame 969 | AOL Inc. | Marathon Solutions LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 2, 2014 Reel 31900, frame 494 | Marathon Solutions LLC | Bright Sun Technologies | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 2, 2014 Reel 33074, frame 9 | Bright Sun Technologies | Google Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 2, 2017 Reel 44101, frame 610 | Google Inc. | Google LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Jul 2027
Term ends Jul 13, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1162 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
106
later US patents cite this one
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