Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 29, 2022 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ends Apr 27, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 4, 2026
Held by Yahoo Assets LLC
Filed Jan 20, 2010 as application 12/374,657 · Granted Apr 15, 2014
Base term plus 571 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Oct 4, 2006
Oct 4, 2006
Term ends
Apr 27, 2028
Apr 27, 2028
Granted
Apr 15, 2014
Apr 15, 2014
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
571
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.
4
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 571 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 Oct 4, 2006, when application 11/538,729, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 20, 2010) | Oct 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +571 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 27, 2028 | 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 | Apr 27, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,624,103 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/073999 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,700,619 | this patent Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 9,442,985 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
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 14, 2009 Reel 23649, frame 61 | AOL Inc.; AOL Advertising Inc.; Bebo, Inc.; Icq LLC; Going, Inc.; Lightningcast LLC; Mapquest, Inc.; Netscape Communications Corporation; Quigo Technologies LLC; Sphere Source, Inc.; Tacoda LLC; Truveo, Inc.; Yedda, Inc. | Bank of American, N.A. as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 29, 2009 Reel 23713, frame 196 | Wiegering, Anthony; Vandermolen, Harmannus; Howe, Karen; Sommers, Michael | America Online, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 31, 2009 Reel 23723, frame 645 | AOL LLC | AOL Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 26, 2010 Reel 24598, frame 85 | America Online, Inc. | AOL LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 16, 2010 Reel 25323, frame 416 | Bank Of America, N A | AOL Inc.; AOL Advertising Inc.; Going Inc.; Lightningcast LLC; Mapquest, Inc.; Netscape Communications Corporation; Quigo Technologies LLC; Sphere Source, Inc.; Tacoda LLC; Truveo, Inc.; Yedda, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | AOL Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | AOL Advertising Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Going Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Lightningcast LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Mapquest, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Netscape Communications Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Quigo Technologies LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Sphere Source, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Tacoda LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Truveo, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Yedda, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Aug 2, 2013 Reel 30936, frame 11 | AOL Inc.; AOL Advertising Inc.; Buysight, Inc.; Mapquest, Inc.; Pictela, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 1, 2015 Reel 36042, frame 53 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | AOL Advertising Inc.; AOL Inc.; Buysight, Inc.; Mapquest, Inc.; Pictela, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights -Release of 030936/0011 |
| Jul 1, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | AOL Advertising Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights -Release of 030936/0011 |
| Jul 1, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | AOL Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights -Release of 030936/0011 |
| Jul 1, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Buysight, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights -Release of 030936/0011 |
| Jul 1, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Mapquest, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights -Release of 030936/0011 |
| Jul 1, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Pictela, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights -Release of 030936/0011 |
| Aug 24, 2017 Reel 43672, frame 369 | AOL Inc. | Oath Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54258, frame 635 | Oath Inc. | Verizon Media Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 16, 2021 Reel 58982, frame 282 | Yahoo Ad Tech LLC (Formerly Verizon Media Inc.) | Yahoo Assets LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 29, 2022 Reel 61571, frame 773 | Yahoo Assets LLC | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (First Lien) |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 27, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 571 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
21
later US patents cite this one
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