Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 29, 2022 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ends Feb 29, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 12, 2026
Held by Yahoo Assets LLC
Filed Dec 12, 2006 as application 11/638,061 · Granted Jul 13, 2010
Base term plus 444 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Dec 12, 2006
Dec 12, 2006
Term ends
Feb 29, 2028
Feb 29, 2028
Granted
Jul 13, 2010
Jul 13, 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
444
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.
17
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 444 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 Dec 12, 2006, when this application, 11/638,061, was filed | Dec 12, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +444 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 29, 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 | Feb 29, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,756,903 | this patent Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 7,630,972 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/086990 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,954,500 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| Application 12/038,716 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,185,779 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 8,032,510 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2008/087040 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2006 Reel 18680, frame 773 | Kumar, Amit | Yahoo! Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2017 Reel 42963, frame 211 | Yahoo! Inc. | Yahoo Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2018 Reel 45240, frame 310 | Yahoo Holdings, Inc. | Oath Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54258, frame 635 | Oath Inc. | Verizon Media Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 16, 2021 Reel 58982, frame 282 | Yahoo Ad Tech LLC (Formerly Verizon Media Inc.) | Yahoo Assets LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 29, 2022 Reel 61571, frame 773 | Yahoo Assets LLC | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (First Lien) |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2028
Term ends Feb 29, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 444 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.