Term ends Mar 9, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 11, 2027
Held by Expedia, Inc.
Filed Jul 1, 2009 as application 12/496,286 · Granted Jul 17, 2012
Base term plus 242 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Jul 11, 2007
Jul 11, 2007
Term ends
Mar 9, 2028
Mar 9, 2028
Granted
Jul 17, 2012
Jul 17, 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
242
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 8,185,434, to Mar 9, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 242 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jul 11, 2007, when application 11/776,019, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 1, 2009) | Jul 11, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +242 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 9, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,185,434) | resolves to Mar 9, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 9, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,185,434 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 8,224,694 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2010/040551 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,458,021 | In force no later than Jul 2027 | no later than Jul 2027 |
| US 8,458,022 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,458,023 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,719,084 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 9,477,981 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2024 Reel 67105, frame 788 | Bous, Joseph | Netstartups, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 20, 2024 Reel 69746, frame 836 | Netstartups LLC | Expedia, Inc. | Asset Purchase Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
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
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 9, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 242 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 8,185,434, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.