Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 8, 2019 (Silicon Valley Bank).
Term ends Nov 3, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 29, 2030
Held by Leaf Group Ltd.
Filed May 23, 2017 as application 15/603,322 · Granted Aug 13, 2019
Base term plus 127 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jun 29, 2010
Jun 29, 2010
Term ends
Nov 3, 2030
Nov 3, 2030
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Aug 13, 2019
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
127
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 9,665,882, to Nov 3, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
3
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 127 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. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 Jun 29, 2010, when application 12/826,524, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 23, 2017) | Jun 29, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +127 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 3, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,665,882) | resolves to Nov 3, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 3, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,909,623 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 9,665,882 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 10,380,626 | this patent Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
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 24, 2017 Reel 42484, frame 482 | Yehaskel, David M.; Kjallbring, Henrik M. | Demand Media, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2017 Reel 42546, frame 235 | Demand Media, Inc. | Leaf Group Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Nov 8, 2019 Reel 50957, frame 469 | Leaf Group Ltd. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2030
Term ends Nov 3, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 127 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 9,665,882, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2019 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.