Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 19, 2014 (Orix Ventures, LLC).
Term ended Dec 19, 2023 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 19, 2023
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,462,917), so the cap could be lower.
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Jun 8, 2026.
Held by Interactions LLC
Filed Jun 11, 2013 as application 13/914,974 · Granted May 6, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Dec 19, 2023
2003
2026
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2003
Dec 19, 2003
Term ended
Dec 19, 2023
Dec 19, 2023
Granted
May 6, 2014
May 6, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,462,917, to Dec 19, 2023. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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. 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 Dec 19, 2003, when application 10/742,466, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 11, 2013) | Dec 19, 2023 | 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 8,462,917) | resolves to Dec 19, 2023, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Jun 8, 2026, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 19, 2023 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,660,400 | In force no later than Dec 2026 | no later than Dec 2026 |
| US 8,175,230 | Term ended no later than Jul 2024 | no later than Jul 2024 |
| US 8,462,917 | Term ended no later than Dec 2023 | no later than Dec 2023 |
| US 8,718,242 | this patent Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2013 Reel 30587, frame 533 | Bangalore, Srinivas; Rahim, Mazin; Feng, Junlan | AT&T Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 11, 2014 Reel 34481, frame 192 | AT&T Corp. | AT&T Properties, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 11, 2014 Reel 34481, frame 326 | AT&T Properties, LLC | AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 11, 2014 Reel 34482, frame 414 | AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P. | AT&T Alex Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 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
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,462,917, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 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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