Term ends Nov 15, 2026 · Low confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 21, 2024
Reissue of US 7,828,661, which was surrendered when this reissue was granted; its term and maintenance fees continue here.
Held by Meta Platforms, Inc.
Filed Nov 9, 2012 as application 13/673,798 · Granted Jul 22, 2014
Base term plus 694 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2026
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2004
Dec 21, 2004
Term ends
Nov 15, 2026
Nov 15, 2026
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Jul 22, 2014
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
694
Days of term adjustment
Read from the original patent's USPTO patent term adjustment record, which governs a reissue. Not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from the original patent's grant (Nov 9, 2010). This counts the ones the record shows paid.
2
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 694 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Low. 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 Dec 21, 2004, when application 11/016,879, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 9, 2012) | Dec 21, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A reissue: its term follows the original patent's, with the original's term adjustment | follows the original patent | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +694 days, the original patent's USPTO patent term adjustment record, which governs a reissue (35 U.S.C. 251). This reissue's own record carries none | Nov 15, 2026 | Medium confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 15, 2026 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 7,828,661 | Surrendered on reissue Jul 2014 | Jul 2014 |
| US RE45,040 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2013 Reel 30829, frame 938 | Fish, Edmund J.; Eichler, Allen J.; Herold, June R. | America Online, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 18, 2013 Reel 30830, frame 1 | AOL LLC | AOL Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 18, 2013 Reel 30830, frame 90 | AOL Inc. | Facebook, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 18, 2013 Reel 30831, frame 910 | America Online, Inc. | AOL LLC | Change of Name |
| Dec 20, 2021 Reel 58961, frame 436 | Facebook, Inc. | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 15, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 694 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
21
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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