Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 20, 2018 (Suntrust Bank).
Lapsed Mar 13, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 2, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Mypoints.com, LLC
Filed Dec 22, 2009 as application 12/644,512 · Granted Mar 13, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 136 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Mar 13, 2024
2006
2026
Clock starts
May 2, 2006
May 2, 2006
No longer in force
Mar 13, 2024
Mar 13, 2024
Granted
Mar 13, 2012
Mar 13, 2012
Term would have run to
Sep 15, 2026
Sep 15, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
136
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,689,606, to Sep 15, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
2
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Sep 15, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 136 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 May 2, 2006, when application 11/416,687, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 22, 2009) | May 2, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +136 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 15, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,689,606) | resolves to Sep 15, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 13, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 13, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,689,606 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 8,135,675 | this patent Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
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 5, 2013 Reel 29758, frame 606 | Burgoyne, Andre C.; Bohannon, James J. | Mypoints.com Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 8, 2016 Reel 38907, frame 502 | Mypoints.com, Inc. | Mypoints.com, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 10, 2017 Reel 40936, frame 199 | Prodege, LLC; Mypoints.com, LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Aug 22, 2017 Reel 43357, frame 716 | Mypoints.com, LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Nov 20, 2018 Reel 47605, frame 852 | Mypoints.com, LLC | Suntrust Bank, As Collateral Agent | Short Form Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Nov 20, 2018 Reel 47609, frame 502 | Silicon Valley Bank | Mypoints.com LLC | Release of Security Interest : Recorded at Reel/Frame - 43357-0716 |
| Nov 20, 2018 Reel 47609, frame 582 | Silicon Valley Bank | Prodege LLC; Mypoints.com LLC | Release of Security Interest : Recorded at Reel/Frame 40936/0199 |
| Nov 20, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Prodege LLC | Release of Security Interest : Recorded at Reel/Frame 40936/0199 |
| Nov 20, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Mypoints.com LLC | Release of Security Interest : Recorded at Reel/Frame 40936/0199 |
| Dec 16, 2021 Reel 58523, frame 885 | Truist Bank (Successor by Merger to Suntrust Bank) | Mypoints.com, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 16, 2021 Reel 58523, frame 934 | Mypoints.com, LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
The 136 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,689,606, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.