Also listed on Yahoo! Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 29, 2022 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ends Nov 27, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 4, 2026
Held by Yahoo Assets LLC
Filed Feb 24, 2014 as application 14/188,439 · Granted Sep 13, 2016
Base term plus 54 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 4, 2006
Oct 4, 2006
Term ends
Nov 27, 2026
Nov 27, 2026
Granted
Sep 13, 2016
Sep 13, 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
54
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,700,619, to Nov 27, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 54 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 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 Oct 4, 2006, when application 11/538,729, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 24, 2014) | Oct 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +54 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,700,619) | resolves to Nov 27, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 27, 2026 | 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 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 9,442,985 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2014 Reel 32462, frame 292 | Wiegering, Anthony; Vandermolen, Harmannus; Howe, Karen; Sommers, Michael | AOL LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2014 Reel 32462, frame 356 | AOL LLC | AOL Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 27, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 54 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,700,619, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.