Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 24, 2026 (Western Alliance Bank).
Term ends Oct 6, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 6, 2029
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,671,089), so the cap could be lower.
Held by BrightEdge Technologies Inc.
Filed Feb 9, 2012 as application 13/369,916 · Granted Nov 5, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Oct 6, 2009
Oct 6, 2009
Term ends
Oct 6, 2029
Oct 6, 2029
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
Nov 5, 2013
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,671,089, to Oct 6, 2029. 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 Oct 6, 2009, when application 12/574,069, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 9, 2012) | Oct 6, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,671,089) | resolves to Oct 6, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 6, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,671,089 | In force no later than Feb 2030 | no later than Feb 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2010/049704 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,577,863 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 9,262,770 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2024 | Feb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2012 Reel 27681, frame 95 | Yu, Jimmy; Park, Lemuel S.; Yip, Rolland | BrightEdge Technologies | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 9, 2012 Reel 27681, frame 140 | Yu, Jimmy; 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 6, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,671,089, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.