Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 24, 2026 (Western Alliance Bank).
Term ends Nov 11, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 12, 2030
Held by BrightEdge Technologies, Inc.
Filed Aug 12, 2010 as application 12/855,668 · Granted Mar 13, 2012
Base term plus 91 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Aug 12, 2010
Aug 12, 2010
Term ends
Nov 11, 2030
Nov 11, 2030
Granted
Mar 13, 2012
Mar 13, 2012
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
91
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, 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 grant. 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 runs 91 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Aug 12, 2010, when this application, 12/855,668, was filed | Aug 12, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +91 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 11, 2030 | High 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 (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 11, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,135,706 | this patent Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2011/047307 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,478,746 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| Application 13/934,075 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2010 Reel 24834, frame 435 | Yu, Jimmy; Yu, Sammy; Park, Lemuel S.; Yip, Rolland | BrightEdge Technologies | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 28, 2011 Reel 27286, frame 301 | Yu, Jimmy; Yu, Sammy; Park, Lemuel S.; Yip, Rolland | BrightEdge Technologies | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Nov 30, 2011 Reel 27299, frame 773 | Yu, Jimmy; Yu, Sammy; Park, Lemuel S.; Yip, Rolland | BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Nov 25, 2024 Reel 69399, frame 371 | BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. | Stifel Bank | Security Interest |
| Feb 6, 2026 Reel 74728, frame 160 | Stifel Bank | BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. | Reassignment and Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 24, 2026 Reel 73881, frame 147 | BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2030
Term ends Nov 11, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 91 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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