Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 2, 2020 (Silicon Valley Bank).
Term ends May 14, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 14, 2033
Held by Leaf Group Ltd.
Filed Dec 24, 2018 as application 16/231,809 · Granted Sep 14, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
May 14, 2013
May 14, 2013
Term ends
May 14, 2033
May 14, 2033
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Sep 14, 2021
base term
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,162,486, to May 14, 2033. 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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 May 14, 2013, when application 13/894,199, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 24, 2018) | May 14, 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,162,486) | resolves to May 14, 2033, 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 | May 14, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,389,754 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2014/033466 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,162,486 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 11,119,631 | this patent May 2033 | May 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2019 Reel 51071, frame 871 | Reese, Byron William; Landers, Monica Winn; Dillon, Brian Andrew | Demand Media, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 20, 2019 Reel 51930, frame 332 | Demand Media, Inc. | Leaf Group Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Jun 2, 2020 Reel 52817, frame 135 | Leaf Group Ltd. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Jan 22, 2021 Reel 55010, frame 894 | Leaf Group Ltd. | Silicon Valley Bank | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application Serial No. 10509831 Previously Recorded on Reel 052817 Frame 0135. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
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What's changing
May 2033
Term ends May 14, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,162,486, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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