Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 27, 2025 (Ares Capital Corporation).
Lapsed May 28, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 11, 2032
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Dec 18, 2012 as application 13/718,723 · Granted May 28, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed May 28, 2025
2012
2032
Clock starts
Apr 11, 2012
Apr 11, 2012
No longer in force
May 28, 2025
May 28, 2025
Granted
May 28, 2013
May 28, 2013
Term would have run to
Apr 11, 2032
Apr 11, 2032
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
4
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 Apr 11, 2032: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Apr 11, 2012, when application 13/444,467, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 18, 2012) | Apr 11, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed May 28, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 28, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2012/033121 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,381,120 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| US 8,453,068 | this patent May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 9,111,281 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
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 18, 2012 Reel 29493, frame 435 | Stibel, Jeffrey M.; Stibel, Aaron B.; Hackett, Judith G.; Kazerani, Moujan | Credibility Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 24, 2013 Reel 31281, frame 921 | Credibility Corp. | Bank of America, N.A., as Lender | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| May 12, 2015 Reel 35650, frame 432 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Credibility Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 19, 2015 Reel 37086, frame 888 | Brad Acquisition Corp.; Credibility Corp.; Credibility Corp. | Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Feb 12, 2019 Reel 48306, frame 375 | The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation; Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp.; Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.; Hoover's, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 12, 2019 Reel 48306, frame 412 | The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation; Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp.; Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.; Hoover's Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 18, 2022 Reel 58757, frame 232 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation; Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp.; Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.; Hoover's, Inc. | Intellectual Property Release and Termination |
| Jan 18, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation | Intellectual Property Release and Termination |
| Jan 18, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp. | Intellectual Property Release and Termination |
| Jan 18, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. | Intellectual Property Release and Termination |
| Jan 18, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Hoover's, Inc. | Intellectual Property Release and Termination |
| Aug 27, 2025 Reel 72591, frame 843 | Bank Of America, N.a. As Agent | The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation; Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp.; Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.; Hoover’s, Inc.; Lattice Engines, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2025 Reel 72643, frame 196 | Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp.; Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.; Lattice Engines, Inc.; The Dun and Bradstreet Corporation | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. As Agent | The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. As Agent | Dun & Bradstreet Emerging Businesses Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. As Agent | Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. As Agent | Hoover’s, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. As Agent | Lattice Engines, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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