Term ends Oct 18, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 22, 2028
Held by Jelli, LLC
Filed Dec 22, 2008 as application 12/317,480 · Granted Jul 30, 2013
Base term plus 300 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Dec 22, 2008
Dec 22, 2008
Term ends
Oct 18, 2029
Oct 18, 2029
Granted
Jul 30, 2013
Jul 30, 2013
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
300
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.
3
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 300 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 Dec 22, 2008, when this application, 12/317,480, was filed | Dec 22, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +300 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 18, 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 | Oct 18, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,498,946 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,392,206 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 8,566,254 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2009 Reel 22466, frame 100 | Parekh, Jateen P.; Dougherty, Michael S.; Caplener, Sarah; Yawitz, Mitchell A.; Strain, Scott; Dobrer, Adam J. | Jelli, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 6, 2021 Reel 56155, frame 187 | Unified Enterprises Corp.; Jelli, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 20, 2022 Reel 59648, frame 206 | Jelli, LLC (F/K/A Jelli, Inc.) | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 28, 2022 Reel 59821, frame 808 | Ji Merger Sub, Inc.; Jelli, Inc. | Jelli, LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| Dec 23, 2024 Reel 69762, frame 437 | Jelli, LLC | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 27, 2024 Reel 69792, frame 400 | Jelli, LLC | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 28, 2024 Reel 69794, frame 287 | Jelli, LLC | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 29, 2024 Reel 69794, frame 953 | Jelli, LLC | Bank Of America, N.a. | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 31, 2024 Reel 69830, frame 992 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Jelli, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Reel/Frame 059648/0206) |
| Jan 1, 2025 Reel 69795, frame 662 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Jelli, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Reel/Frame 059648/0057) |
| May 5, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Unified Enterprises Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 5, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Jelli, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 5, 2026 Reel 74565, frame 181 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Unified Enterprises Corp.; Jelli, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 18, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 300 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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