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US 8,611,205 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 13, 2020 (Live Oak Banking Company).

Term ends Mar 3, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Dec 19, 2011 as application 13/330,640 · Granted Dec 17, 2013
Base term plus 47 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Jan 16, 2008
Term ends
Mar 3, 2028
Granted
Dec 17, 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
47
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 8,081,585, to Mar 3, 2028. 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.
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 47 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 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 16, 2008, when application 12/015,469, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 19, 2011)Jan 16, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+47 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 3, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,081,585)resolves to Mar 3, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 3, 2028High confidence

This family

US 8,081,585In force
Oct 2030
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US 8,611,205this patent
Mar 2028
Mar 2028
US 9,036,536In force
Jan 2028
Jan 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 13, 2012
Reel 27697, frame 49
Mohebbi, Behzad B.Nextivity, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 6, 2015
Reel 34646, frame 230
Nextivity, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc.Security Interest
Jan 6, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Nextivity, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc.Security Interest
Jan 6, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Nextivity, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc.Security Interest
Jan 9, 2017
Reel 41306, frame 273
Nextivity, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Security Interest
Jan 9, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Nextivity, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.Security Interest
Jan 9, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Nextivity, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Security Interest
Dec 13, 2020
Reel 54711, frame 816
Nextivity, Inc.Live Oak Banking CompanySecurity Interest
Jan 8, 2021
Reel 54863, frame 645
Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Nextivity, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 22, 2022
Reel 62180, frame 367
Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc.Nextivity, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 23, 2022
Reel 62213, frame 590
Nextivity, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Dec 28, 2022
Reel 62222, frame 344
Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc.Nextivity, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 7, 2024
Reel 67666, frame 1
Nextivity, Inc.Wti Fund X, Inc.Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

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