Term ends May 1, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 12, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by MCB Bermuda Ltd.
Filed Oct 9, 2007 as application 11/869,570 · Granted Feb 12, 2013
Base term plus 109 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jan 12, 2007
Jan 12, 2007
Term ends
May 1, 2027
May 1, 2027
Granted
Feb 12, 2013
Feb 12, 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
109
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.
5
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 109 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jan 12, 2007, when application 11/622,572, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 9, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 12, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +109 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 1, 2027 | 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 1, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,103,679 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 8,375,026 | this patent May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 8,090,725 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 9,355,151 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 2008 Reel 20356, frame 808 | Cranfill, Andrew B.; Elliott, Jason | Careerbuilder, LLC. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 31, 2017 Reel 43380, frame 365 | Careerbuilder, LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 16, 2024 Reel 69381, frame 640 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Resigning Collateral Agent and as Assignor | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Successor Agent and as Assignee | Assignment and Assumption of Intellectual Property Security Agreement – 043380/0365 |
| Jan 15, 2026 Reel 73485, frame 247 | Careerbuilder, LLC | MCB Bermuda Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2027
Term ends May 1, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 109 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.