Also listed on Friendster, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 18, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 6, 2027
Held by Meta Platforms, Inc.
Filed Mar 6, 2007 as application 11/682,678 · Granted Mar 16, 2010
Base term plus 378 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Mar 6, 2007
Mar 6, 2007
Term ends
Mar 18, 2028
Mar 18, 2028
Granted
Mar 16, 2010
Mar 16, 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
378
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.
16
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 378 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 Mar 6, 2007, when this application, 11/682,678, was filed | Mar 6, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +378 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 18, 2028 | 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 | Mar 18, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,680,882 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 9,600,453 | In force no later than Mar 2028 | no later than Mar 2028 |
| US 8,214,457 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,443,081 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,140,264 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,589,482 | In force no later than Mar 2027 | no later than Mar 2027 |
| US 8,572,167 | In force no later than Mar 2027 | no later than Mar 2027 |
| US 8,209,380 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
8 of 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2007 Reel 18968, frame 504 | Tiu, William K., JR.; Roberto, Jeffrey J. | Friendster, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 22, 2009 Reel 23691, frame 700 | Friendster, Inc. | Balthaser Online, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 9, 2010 Reel 23915, frame 424 | Balthaser Online, Inc. | Friendster, Inc. | Release of Limited Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jun 7, 2010 Reel 24492, frame 139 | Friendster, Inc. | Facebook, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 24, 2010 Reel 24878, frame 801 | Friendster, Inc. | Facebook, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 20, 2021 Reel 58553, frame 802 | Facebook, Inc. | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 18, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 378 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
410
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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