Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 20, 2024 (PNC Bank Canada Branch).
Term ended Nov 10, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 6, 2026
Held by Liveaction, Inc.
Filed Dec 16, 2008 as application 12/336,433 · Granted Jul 5, 2011
Base term plus 127 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Nov 10, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2006
Jul 6, 2006
Term ended
Nov 10, 2026
Nov 10, 2026
Granted
Jul 5, 2011
Jul 5, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
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
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 7,500,158, to Nov 10, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
3 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.
6
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. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Jul 6, 2006, when application 11/483,054, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 16, 2008) | Jul 6, 2026 | 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 10, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,500,158) | resolves to Nov 10, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 10, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,500,158 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 7,975,190 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,003,292 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 9,350,622 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 9,246,772 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 9,240,930 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2017 Reel 41327, frame 732 | Referentia Systems Incorporated | Liveaction, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 18, 2023 Reel 64933, frame 968 | Liveaction, Inc. | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Security Interest |
| Oct 28, 2024 Reel 69036, frame 863 | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Liveaction, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2024 Reel 69655, frame 362 | Liveaction, Inc. | PNC Bank Canada Branch | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
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 7,500,158, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
27
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 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.