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Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 10, 2019 (PNC Bank, National Association).

Term ends Nov 24, 2030 · High confidence

Held by Myspace LLC
Filed Jul 31, 2007 as application 11/831,669 · Granted Apr 5, 2016
Base term plus 1212 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2030
Clock starts
Jul 31, 2007
Term ends
Nov 24, 2030
Granted
Apr 5, 2016
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
1,212
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.

This patent's term runs 1212 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 31, 2007, when this application, 11/831,669, was filedJul 31, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1212 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 24, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 24, 2030High confidence

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
Aug 2, 2007
Reel 19637, frame 598
Partovi, Hadi; Zarakhovsky, Yevgeny; Brown, Nathaniel ScottIlike, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 17, 2007
Reel 19837, frame 118
Partovi, Hadi; Zarakhovsky, Yevgeny; Brown, Nathaniel ScottIlike, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 15, 2011
Reel 25961, frame 354
Ilike, Inc.Il Acquisition Corp., a California Corp. and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Myspace, Inc.Merger
Mar 21, 2012
Reel 27905, frame 853
Interactive Media Holdings, Inc.; Specific Media LLC; Myspace LLC; Xumo LLC; Site Meter, Inc.; Bbe LLC; Vindico LLC; Interactive Research Technologies, Inc.; Ilike, Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as AgentSecurity Agreement
May 8, 2012
Reel 28173, frame 600
Myspace, Inc.Myspace LLCConversion from a Corporation to Limited Liability Company
Sep 11, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as AgentInteractive Media Holdings, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 11, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as AgentSpecific Media LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 11, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as AgentMyspace LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 11, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as AgentXumo LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 11, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as AgentSite Meter, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 11, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as AgentBbe LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 11, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as AgentVindico LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 11, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as AgentInteractive Research Technologies, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 11, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as AgentIlike, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 11, 2013
Reel 31204, frame 113
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as AgentInteractive Media Holdings, Inc.; Specific Media LLC; Myspace LLC; Xumo LLC; Site Meter, Inc.; Bbe LLC; Vindico LLC; Interactive Research Technologies, Inc.; Ilike, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Apr 7, 2017
Reel 42196, frame 747
Ti Newco LLCViant Technology LLCChange of Name
Apr 7, 2017
Reel 41934, frame 500
Myspace LLCTi Newco LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 7, 2017
Reel 41934, frame 659
Viant Technology LLCMyspace LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 10, 2019
Reel 50977, frame 542
Viant Technology LLC; Adelphic LLC; Myspace LLCPnc Bank, National AssociationPatent Security Agreement

Sources

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