Term ends Jan 8, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 10, 2028
Held by Litl LLC
Filed Jul 10, 2008 as application 12/170,939 · Granted Oct 16, 2012
Base term plus 182 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Jul 10, 2008
Jul 10, 2008
Term ends
Jan 8, 2029
Jan 8, 2029
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Oct 16, 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
182
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.
29
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 182 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 Jul 10, 2008, when this application, 12/170,939, was filed | Jul 10, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +182 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 8, 2029 | 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 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 8, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,289,688 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 8,624,844 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2009/038599 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,003,315 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| Application 12/416,479 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,577,957 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2009/039117 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,612,888 | In force no later than Apr 2031 | no later than Apr 2031 |
8 of 29 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 7, 2008 Reel 21804, frame 11 | Behar, Yves; Morenstein, Joshua; Hibmacronan, Christopher; Edahiro, Naoya; Day, Matthew David | Aquent, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 29, 2010 Reel 23871, frame 867 | Aquent LLC | Litl LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 22, 2010 Reel 23966, frame 954 | Litl LLC | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Agent (F/K/A Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC) | Security Agreement |
| Apr 24, 2015 Reel 35497, frame 904 | Aquent LLC; Litl LLC; Scout Exchange LLC | Crystal Financial LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 14, 2018 Reel 46364, frame 443 | Crystal Financial LLC | Aquent LLC; Litl LLC; Scout Exchange LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights at Reel/Frame: 035497/0904 |
| Jun 14, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Crystal Financial LLC | Aquent LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights at Reel/Frame: 035497/0904 |
| Jun 14, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Crystal Financial LLC | Litl LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights at Reel/Frame: 035497/0904 |
| Jun 14, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Crystal Financial LLC | Scout Exchange LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights at Reel/Frame: 035497/0904 |
| May 22, 2020 Reel 52735, frame 926 | Aquent LLC | Litl LLC | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 8, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 182 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
284
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 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.