Term ends Nov 24, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 25, 2023
Held by Yahoo Ad Tech LLC
Filed Dec 17, 2004 as application 11/014,248 · Granted Mar 27, 2018
Base term plus 3556 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2003
2027
Clock starts
Sep 25, 2003
Sep 25, 2003
Term ends
Nov 24, 2027
Nov 24, 2027
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Mar 27, 2018
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
3,556
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,805,332, US 9,928,522.
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.
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 3556 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 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 | +3556 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 20, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,805,332, US 9,928,522) | capped to Nov 24, 2027 | 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 24, 2027 | 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 | this patent Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 8,464,290 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 9,117,217 | In force 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 354 | Beyda, Gil; Balasubramanian, Krishna; Locker, Donald J.; McDonald, Kevin M.; Wilson, Joseph G.; Morgan, David R.; Lowry, Alison P. | 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 |
| Feb 20, 2018 Reel 45380, frame 586 | Advertising.com LLC; Oath (Americas) Inc. | Oath (Americas) Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Dec 8, 2020 Reel 54646, frame 161 | Oath (Americas) Inc. | Verizon Media Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 22, 2022 Reel 59472, frame 1 | Verizon Media Inc. | Yahoo Ad Tech LLC | Change of Name |
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Nov 2027
Term ends Nov 24, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 3556 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,805,332, US 9,928,522.
Citations
127
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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