Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 19, 2014 (Orix Ventures, LLC).
Term ended Apr 13, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 12, 2024
Held by Interactions LLC
Filed Jul 15, 2009 as application 12/503,586 · Granted Mar 19, 2013
Base term plus 244 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Apr 13, 2025
2004
2026
Clock starts
Aug 12, 2004
Aug 12, 2004
Term ended
Apr 13, 2025
Apr 13, 2025
Granted
Mar 19, 2013
Mar 19, 2013
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
244
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 7,580,837, to Apr 13, 2025. 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.
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 244 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 Aug 12, 2004, when application 10/917,233, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 15, 2009) | Aug 12, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +244 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 13, 2025 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,580,837) | resolves to Apr 13, 2025, 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 | Apr 13, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,580,837 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,401,851 | this patent Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 8,751,232 | Term ended Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 9,368,111 | Term ended Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2009 Reel 22961, frame 62 | Bushey, Robert R.; Knott, Benjamin Anthony; Martin, John Mills | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 10, 2014 Reel 34467, frame 944 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | AT&T Alex Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 10, 2014 Reel 34589, frame 415 | Bushey, Robert R.; Knott, Benjamin Anthony; Martin, John Mills | Sbc Knowledge Ventures, L.p. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Wrong Assignee on Cover Sheet. Previously Recorded on Reel 022961 Frame 0062. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Originally Filed Assignment Correct. Assignee Should Be SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P. Not At&t Intellectual Property I, L.P.. |
| Dec 10, 2014 Reel 34591, frame 282 | AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P. | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Change of Name |
| Dec 16, 2014 Reel 34642, frame 640 | AT&T Alex Holdings, LLC | Interactions LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 19, 2014 Reel 34677, frame 768 | Interactions LLC | Orix Ventures, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2015 Reel 36009, frame 349 | Interactions LLC | Ares Venture Finance, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Jul 13, 2015 Reel 36100, frame 925 | Interactions LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | First Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Nov 17, 2015 Reel 37134, frame 712 | Interactions LLC | Ares Venture Finance, L.p. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Change Patent 7146987 to 7149687 Previously Recorded on Reel 036009 Frame 0349. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 8, 2017 Reel 44396, frame 784 | Sbc Knowledge Ventures, L.p. | AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P. | Change of Name |
| Nov 17, 2017 Reel 44481, frame 34 | Ares Venture Finance, L.p. | Bearcub Acquisitions LLC | Assignment of IP Security Agreement |
| Jun 5, 2019 Reel 49388, frame 82 | Interactions LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 18, 2020 Reel 52693, frame 866 | Bearcub Acquisitions LLC | Ares Venture Finance, L.p. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 23, 2022 Reel 61749, frame 825 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Interactions Corporation; Interactions LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| May 23, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Interactions Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| May 23, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Interactions LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 27, 2022 Reel 60445, frame 733 | Interactions LLC; Interactions Corporation | Runway Growth Finance Corp. | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jun 30, 2022 Reel 60558, frame 474 | Silicon Valley Bank | Interactions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at Reel/Frame: 049388/0082 |
| Jul 1, 2022 Reel 60559, frame 576 | Silicon Valley Bank | Interactions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at Reel/Frame: 036100/0925 |
| Feb 1, 2023 Reel 62919, frame 63 | Interactions LLC; Interactions Corporation | Runway Growth Finance Corp. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Application Number Previously Recorded at Reel: 060445 Frame: 0733. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Sep 4, 2025 Reel 72802, frame 931 | Runway Growth Finance Corp., as Agent | Interactions Corporation; Interactions LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Runway Growth Finance Corp., as Agent | Interactions Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Runway Growth Finance Corp., as Agent | Interactions LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 244 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 7,580,837, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
30
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 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.