Term ends Jul 22, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 13, 2032
Held by Planetart, LLC
Filed Jan 13, 2012 as application 13/350,144 · Granted Dec 24, 2013
Base term plus 191 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jan 13, 2012
Jan 13, 2012
Term ends
Jul 22, 2032
Jul 22, 2032
Granted
Dec 24, 2013
Dec 24, 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
191
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.
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 191 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 Jan 13, 2012, when this application, 13/350,144, was filed | Jan 13, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +191 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 22, 2032 | 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 | Jul 22, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,613,639 | this patent Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,072,979 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 9,155,973 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 8,944,876 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
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 8, 2012 Reel 27845, frame 405 | Hengel, Charles M.; Stave, Bryan; Brown, Art | Marketing Architccts | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 17, 2012 Reel 28072, frame 326 | Marketing Architects | Mart 5 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 6, 2013 Reel 30619, frame 470 | Mart 5 LLC | Martfive LLC | Change of Name |
| May 28, 2014 Reel 33033, frame 338 | Martfive LLC | Zoomworks LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 7, 2015 Reel 35386, frame 309 | Zoomworks LLC | Hurrycane LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 29, 2015 Reel 35524, frame 162 | Hurrycane LLC | Zoomworks LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 20, 2021 Reel 55976, frame 430 | Zoomworks LLC | Planetart, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2024 Reel 66988, frame 768 | Planetart, LLC | Aether Financial Services, As Security Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2025 Reel 71801, frame 212 | Aether Financial Services, As Security Agent | Planetart, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jul 2032
Term ends Jul 22, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 191 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
10
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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