Collateral for a security interest recorded May 1, 2024 (Citizens Bank, N.A.).
Term ends May 15, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 30, 2025
Held by Thryv, Inc.
Filed Mar 30, 2005 as application 11/095,853 · Granted Feb 21, 2012
Base term plus 1507 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2029
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2005
Mar 30, 2005
Term ends
May 15, 2029
May 15, 2029
Granted
Feb 21, 2012
Feb 21, 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
1,507
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.
26
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 1507 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 30, 2005, when this application, 11/095,853, was filed | Mar 30, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1507 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 15, 2029 | 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 | May 15, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,120,235 | Term ended Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 8,024,224 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 7,424,442 | Term ended Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 8,027,878 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 7,428,497 | Term ended Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 7,366,683 | Term ended Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 8,121,898 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2005/010894 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 26 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
The 40 most recent of 49 recorded documents are shown; the 9 earliest are not. 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 28, 2014 Reel 32372, frame 639 | Yp Interactive LLC (Formerly Known as Ingenio LLC) | PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Grant of Security Interest -- Patents |
| Jan 28, 2015 Reel 34838, frame 217 | Ingenio LLC | Yp Interactive LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 28, 2015 Reel 34838, frame 226 | Yp Interactive LLC | Yellowpages.com LLC | Merger |
| Dec 1, 2016 Reel 40540, frame 948 | Yellowpages.com LLC | PNC Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 3, 2017 Reel 43074, frame 794 | Yp LLC; Yellowpages.com LLC; Yp Advertising & Publishing LLC; Print Media LLC; Dex Media Holdings, Inc.; Cerberus Yp Digital Blocker LLC; Cerberus Yp Blocker LLC; Yp Holdings LLC; Print Media Holdings LLC; Yp Intermediate Holdings Corp.; Yp Western Holdings Corp.; Yp Southeast Holdings Corp.; Yp Midwest Holdings Corp.; Yp Connecticut Holdings Corp.; Plusmo Holdings Corp.; Ingenio Holdings Corp. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Jul 12, 2017 Reel 43170, frame 318 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Utbk LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 13, 2017 Reel 43183, frame 734 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Yellowpages.com LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 14, 2017 Reel 43194, frame 585 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Yp Interactive LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2017 Reel 43217, frame 875 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Ingenio LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 28, 2017 Reel 43363, frame 518 | Yellowpages.com LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Interest |
| Aug 9, 2017 Reel 43493, frame 648 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Yellowpages.com LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded at Reel: 043183 Frame: 0734. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 10, 2017 Reel 43512, frame 799 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Utbk LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded at Reel: 043170 Frame: 0318. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Aug 14, 2017 Reel 43544, frame 720 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Yp Interactive LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded at Reel: 043194 Frame: 0505. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Feb 25, 2020 Reel 52071, frame 589 | Yellowpages.com, LLC | Thryv, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 1, 2021 Reel 55452, frame 258 | Thryv, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 2, 2021 Reel 55472, frame 592 | Wilmington Trust, National Association., as Administrative Agent | Thryv, Inc. (Formerly Known as Dex Media, Inc.); Thryv Holdings, Inc. (Formerly Known as Dex Media Holdings, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Mar 2, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association., as Administrative Agent | Thryv, Inc. (Formerly Known as Dex Media, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Mar 2, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association., as Administrative Agent | Thryv Holdings, Inc. (Formerly Known as Dex Media Holdings, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| May 1, 2024 Reel 67287, frame 759 | Thryv, Inc. | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| May 3, 2024 Reel 67310, frame 627 | Thryv, Inc. | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| May 7, 2024 Reel 67341, frame 434 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Thryv, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 Reel 67381, frame 745 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Dex Media, Inc.; Yp LLC; Yellowpages.com LLC; Yp Advertising & Publishing LLC; Print Media LLC; Cerberus Yp Digital Blocker LLC; Cerberus Yp Blocker LLC; Yp Holdings LLC; Print Media Holdings LLC; Yp Intermediate Holdings Corp.; Yp Western Holdings Corp.; Yp Southeast Holdings Corp.; Yp Midwest Holdings Corp.; Yp Connecticut Holdings Corp.; Plusmo Holdings Corp.; Ingenio Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Dex Media, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yellowpages.com LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp Advertising & Publishing LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Print Media LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Cerberus Yp Digital Blocker LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Cerberus Yp Blocker LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp Holdings LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Print Media Holdings LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp Intermediate Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp Western Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp Southeast Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp Midwest Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Yp Connecticut Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Plusmo Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Ingenio Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 7, 2025 Reel 69830, frame 322 | PNC Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Utbk LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 7, 2025 Reel 69830, frame 495 | PNC Bank, National Association, as Agent | Yellowpages.com LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2029
Term ends May 15, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1507 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
162
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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