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System and Method for Managing Media Content

US 8,543,721 Lapsed on the fee record
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 3, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Lapsed Sep 24, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Lyft, Inc.
Filed Feb 19, 2008 as application 12/033,082 · Granted Sep 24, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 355 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 24, 2025
2008 2029
Clock starts
Feb 19, 2008
No longer in force
Sep 24, 2025
Granted
Sep 24, 2013
Term would have run to
Feb 8, 2029
base term patent term adjustment 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
355
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
7
Family applications on record here
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Its term would have run to Feb 8, 2029: its 20-year base term plus 355 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 19, 2008, when this application, 12/033,082, was filedFeb 19, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+355 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 8, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Sep 24, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 24, 2025High confidence

This family

US 8,543,721this patent
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US 8,904,029In force
Feb 2028
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US 9,241,023Lapsed on the fee record
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US 9,705,983Lapsed on the fee record
Jul 2021
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US 10,021,178Lapsed on the fee record
Jul 2022
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US 10,708,351In force
May 2028
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Application 16/918,435Abandoned
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 19, 2008
Reel 20524, frame 64
White, Scott; Cansler, James L.; Schmehl, Ian C.AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 20, 2014
Reel 32937, frame 275
AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P.AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Change of Name
Jul 16, 2018
Reel 46556, frame 96
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Prosper Technology, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 18, 2018
Reel 47570, frame 817
White, Scott; Cansler, James L.; Schmehl, Ian C.AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name/Supporting Documents Previously Recorded on Reel 020524 Frame 0064. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Jan 18, 2019
Reel 48097, frame 353
Prosper Technology, LLCLyft, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 3, 2022
Reel 61880, frame 237
Lyft, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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