Also listed on Yahoo! Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 28, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 25, 2023
Held by Yahoo Ad Tech LLC
Filed Dec 17, 2004 as application 11/014,234 · Granted Aug 25, 2015
Base term plus 2103 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2029
Clock starts
Sep 25, 2003
Sep 25, 2003
Term ends
Jun 28, 2029
Jun 28, 2029
Granted
Aug 25, 2015
Aug 25, 2015
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
2,103
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.
22
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 2103 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Sep 25, 2003, when application 10/669,791, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 17, 2004) | Sep 25, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2103 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 28, 2029 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 28, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,805,332 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2004/024234 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 10/981,758 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,150,732 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,928,522 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 8,464,290 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 9,117,217 | this patent Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,118,812 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
8 of 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2005 Reel 16433, frame 323 | Wilson, Joseph G.; Beyda, Gil J. | Tacoda Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 12, 2007 Reel 19556, frame 832 | Tacoda Systems Inc. | Tacoda, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 18, 2008 Reel 21893, frame 631 | Tacoda, Inc. | Tacoda LLC | Change of Name |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Jun 12, 2012 Reel 28361, frame 883 | Tacoda LLC | Advertising.com LLC | Merger |
| Jun 12, 2020 Reel 52920, frame 832 | Advertising.com LLC | Oath (Americas) Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 12, 2020 Reel 52927, frame 764 | Oath (Americas) Inc. | Verizon Media Inc. | Change of Name |
| Dec 8, 2020 Reel 54645, frame 547 | Verizon Media Inc. | Verizon Media Inc. | Change of Address |
| Mar 22, 2022 Reel 59472, frame 1 | Verizon Media Inc. | Yahoo Ad Tech LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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Jun 2029
Term ends Jun 28, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 2103 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
252
later US patents cite this one
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