Lapsed May 13, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 24, 2031
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Liveleaf Holdings, LLC
Filed Jun 24, 2011 as application 13/135,124 · Granted May 13, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed May 13, 2026
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jun 24, 2011
Jun 24, 2011
No longer in force
May 13, 2026
May 13, 2026
Granted
May 13, 2014
May 13, 2014
Term would have run to
Jun 24, 2031
Jun 24, 2031
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
2 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.
6
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jun 24, 2031: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Jun 24, 2011, when this application, 13/135,124, was filed | Jun 24, 2031 | 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 on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed May 13, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 13, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,722,040 | this patent May 2026 | May 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2012/043900 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,790,640 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| Application 14/255,431 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/702,700 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/589,955 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2012 Reel 29190, frame 393 | Metaactiv Corporation | Liveleaf, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 24, 2012 Reel 29186, frame 596 | Liveleaf, Inc. | Liveleaf, Inc., a Delaware Corporation | Merger |
| Dec 13, 2013 Reel 31783, frame 232 | Huang, Alex L.; Wu, Gin | Metaactiv, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 16, 2014 Reel 32265, frame 748 | Huang, Alex L.; Wu, Gin | Metaactiv Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Corrective Assignment to Re-Record Assignment Previously Recorded on Reel 031783 Frame 0232. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correcting of the Assignee from Metaactiv, Inc. to Metaactiv Corporation. |
| Apr 27, 2022 Reel 59743, frame 963 | Liveleaf, Inc. | Liveleaf Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 2, 2025 Reel 69810, frame 873 | Liveleaf, Inc. | Liveleaf Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than May 13, 2026. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
32
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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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