Lapsed Oct 31, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 30, 2033
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed May 30, 2013 as application 13/906,078 · Granted Oct 31, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 31, 2025
2013
2033
Clock starts
May 30, 2013
May 30, 2013
No longer in force
Oct 31, 2025
Oct 31, 2025
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Oct 31, 2017
Term would have run to
May 30, 2033
May 30, 2033
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
58
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to May 30, 2033: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 May 30, 2013, when this application, 13/906,078, was filed | May 30, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 31, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 31, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,963,857 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 9,083,674 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
| US 9,632,986 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 9,130,929 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 9,803,990 | this patent Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 9,232,022 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 10,832,289 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 9,386,011 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
8 of 58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2013 Reel 30520, frame 282 | Fletcher, George | AOL Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 |
| Jun 30, 2017 Reel 43072, frame 66 | AOL Advertising Inc. | Oath (Americas) Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 26, 2017 Reel 44013, frame 377 | AOL Inc. | Oath Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54258, frame 635 | Oath Inc. | Verizon Media Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 19, 2021 Reel 57453, frame 431 | Verizon Media Inc. | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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