Also listed on Microsoft Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 8, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 18, 2029
Filed Aug 18, 2009 as application 12/543,503 · Granted Mar 19, 2013
Base term plus 628 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Aug 18, 2009
Aug 18, 2009
Term ends
May 8, 2031
May 8, 2031
Granted
Mar 19, 2013
Mar 19, 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
628
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.
6
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 628 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 Aug 18, 2009, when this application, 12/543,503, was filed | Aug 18, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +628 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 8, 2031 | 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 8, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,402,374 | this patent May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 8,645,836 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,566,725 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,572,492 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 8,751,935 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,726,163 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2009 Reel 23462, frame 151 | Rose, R. Kevin | Digg, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 8, 2011 Reel 26872, frame 618 | Digg Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Jun 8, 2012 Reel 28347, frame 456 | Silicon Valley Bank | Digg, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 9, 2012 Reel 28757, frame 227 | Digg, Inc. | LinkedIn Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 10, 2013 Reel 31749, frame 917 | Digg, Inc. | LinkedIn Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 1, 2017 Reel 44746, frame 1 | LinkedIn Corporation | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2031
Term ends May 8, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 628 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
19
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.
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