Term ends Jul 7, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 4, 2029
Held by ByteDance Inc.
Filed May 7, 2010 as application 12/776,028 · Granted Jan 15, 2013
Base term plus 215 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Dec 4, 2009
Dec 4, 2009
Term ends
Jul 7, 2030
Jul 7, 2030
Granted
Jan 15, 2013
Jan 15, 2013
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
215
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.
18
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 215 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 4, 2009, when application 12/592,947, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 7, 2010) | Dec 4, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +215 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 7, 2030 | 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 | Jul 7, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 61/215,453 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,301,495 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,355,948 | this patent Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,650,072 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| Application 61/591,777 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2012/027616 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 61/613,476 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 61/639,067 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 18 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 13, 2012 Reel 29463, frame 781 | Mason, Andrew | Groupon, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 23, 2020 Reel 53294, frame 495 | Groupon, Inc.; Livingsocial, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Feb 26, 2024 Reel 66676, frame 1 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Groupon, Inc.; Livingsocial, LLC (F/K/A Livingsocial, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 26, 2024 Reel 66676, frame 251 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Groupon, Inc.; Livingsocial, LLC (F/K/A Livingsocial, Inc.) | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Rights |
| Feb 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Groupon, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Livingsocial, LLC (F/K/A Livingsocial, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Groupon, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Rights |
| Feb 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Livingsocial, LLC (F/K/A Livingsocial, Inc.) | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Rights |
| Aug 12, 2024 Reel 68833, frame 811 | Groupon, Inc. | ByteDance Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2030
Term ends Jul 7, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 215 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
210
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 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.