Also listed on Compete, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Apr 15, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 9, 2022
Held by comScore, Inc.
Filed Oct 9, 2002 as application 10/267,978 · Granted Jan 10, 2012
Base term plus 2015 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2002
2028
Clock starts
Oct 9, 2002
Oct 9, 2002
Term ends
Apr 15, 2028
Apr 15, 2028
Granted
Jan 10, 2012
Jan 10, 2012
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
2,015
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.
41
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 2015 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 Oct 9, 2002, when this application, 10/267,978, was filed | Oct 9, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2015 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 15, 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 | Apr 15, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,095,589 | this patent Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| Application 60/706,917 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2006/031259 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 11/463,611 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 60/826,879 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 11/861,054 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/860,963 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/861,017 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2003 Reel 13439, frame 222 | Singh, Man Jit; Cancel, David | Compete, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 4, 2012 Reel 28896, frame 934 | Compete, Inc. | Compete, Inc. | Address Change |
| Sep 10, 2012 Reel 28925, frame 516 | Compete, Inc. | Compete, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address Previously Recorded on Reel 028896 Frame 0934. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| May 6, 2016 Reel 38630, frame 725 | Compete, Inc. | comScore, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 16, 2018 Reel 45077, frame 303 | comScore, Inc.; Rentrak Corporation; Proximic, LLC | Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. | Assignment for Security - Patents |
| Mar 25, 2021 Reel 56547, frame 526 | Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. | comScore, Inc.; Rentrak Corporation; Proximic, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Mar 25, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. | comScore, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Mar 25, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. | Rentrak Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Mar 25, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. | Proximic, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| May 6, 2021 Reel 57279, frame 767 | comScore, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jun 6, 2022 Reel 60922, frame 1 | Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. | comScore, Inc.; Rentrak Corporation; Proximic, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Missing Assignment Page 1 and 22 Omitted Patents Previously Recorded at Reel: 056547 Frame: 0526. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Jun 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. | comScore, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Missing Assignment Page 1 and 22 Omitted Patents Previously Recorded at Reel: 056547 Frame: 0526. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Jun 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. | Rentrak Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Missing Assignment Page 1 and 22 Omitted Patents Previously Recorded at Reel: 056547 Frame: 0526. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Jun 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. | Proximic, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Missing Assignment Page 1 and 22 Omitted Patents Previously Recorded at Reel: 056547 Frame: 0526. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Jan 3, 2025 Reel 69818, frame 446 | comScore, Inc.; Proximic, LLC; Rentrak, LLC | Blue Torch Finance LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 16, 2025 Reel 69934, frame 573 | Bank Of America, N.a. | comScore, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 2, 2026 Reel 75679, frame 830 | Blue Torch Finance LLC | comScore, Inc.; Proximic, LLC; Rentrak, LLC (F/N/A Rentrak Corporation) | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 2, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC | comScore, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 2, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC | Proximic, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 2, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC | Rentrak, LLC (F/N/A Rentrak Corporation) | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 15, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 2015 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
132
later US patents cite this one
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