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US 7,644,166 In force
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Term ends Dec 5, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Dec 30, 2003 as application 10/747,694 · Granted Jan 5, 2010
Base term plus 1071 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2003 2026
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2003
Term ends
Dec 5, 2026
Granted
Jan 5, 2010
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
1,071
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.
10
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 1071 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 30, 2003, when this application, 10/747,694, was filedDec 30, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1071 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 5, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 5, 2026High confidence

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Application PCT/US2004/006334PCT application
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Jul 2028
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US 8,565,397Term ended
Mar 2025
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US 7,924,996Lapsed on the fee record
Apr 2023
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US 7,987,236Lapsed on the fee record
Jul 2023
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US 8,577,977Term ended
Dec 2023
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8 of 10 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 20, 2004
Reel 15236, frame 516
Appelman, Barry; Murphy, Stephen VaughanAmerica Online, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 23, 2009
Reel 23554, frame 568
America Online, Inc.AOL LLCConversion
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 AgentSecurity Agreement
Dec 31, 2009
Reel 23723, frame 645
AOL LLCAOL Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 16, 2010
Reel 25323, frame 416
Bank Of America, N AAOL 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 AAOL Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N AAOL Advertising Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N AGoing Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N ALightningcast LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N AMapquest, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N ANetscape Communications CorporationTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N AQuigo Technologies LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N ASphere Source, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N ATacoda LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N ATruveo, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 16, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N AYedda, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Jul 3, 2012
Reel 28487, frame 534
AOL Inc.Facebook, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 20, 2021
Reel 58961, frame 436
Facebook, Inc.Meta Platforms, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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