Also listed on Microsoft Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 5, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 22, 2026
Filed Jun 22, 2006 as application 11/474,105 · Granted Dec 22, 2015
Base term plus 1931 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2031
Clock starts
Jun 22, 2006
Jun 22, 2006
Term ends
Oct 5, 2031
Oct 5, 2031
Granted
Dec 22, 2015
Dec 22, 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
1,931
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.
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 1931 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 Jun 22, 2006, when this application, 11/474,105, was filed | Jun 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1931 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 5, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 5, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,219,767 | this patent Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 8,826,303 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,009,607 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 9,009,608 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 9,137,275 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
| Application 14/828,041 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2006 Reel 18067, frame 80 | 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
Oct 2031
Term ends Oct 5, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1931 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
122
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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