Term ends Jan 15, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 15, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Shutterfly, LLC
Filed Nov 5, 2012 as application 13/668,638 · Granted Jul 1, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jan 15, 2009
Jan 15, 2009
Term ends
Jan 15, 2029
Jan 15, 2029
Granted
Jul 1, 2014
Jul 1, 2014
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 8,312,381, to Jan 15, 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.
5
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 Jan 15, 2009, when application 12/354,576, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 5, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 15, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,312,381) | resolves to Jan 15, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jan 15, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,312,381 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 8,769,420 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 9,021,373 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 9,722,807 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
4 of 5 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2014 Reel 33714, frame 131 | Jorasch, Craig; McGannon, Thomas E; Brahmanapalli, Syed Saleem Javid; Guthrie, Benjamin C | Shutterfly, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 15, 2016 Reel 39024, frame 761 | Shutterfly, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Aug 17, 2017 Reel 43542, frame 693 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Shutterfly, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 18, 2017 Reel 43601, frame 955 | Shutterfly, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 23, 2018 Reel 46216, frame 396 | Shutterfly, Inc.; Lifetouch Inc.; Lifetouch National School Studios Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2019 Reel 50527, frame 868 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Shutterfly, Inc.; Lifetouch Inc.; Lifetouch National School Studios Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Shutterfly, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Lifetouch Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Lifetouch National School Studios Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 27, 2019 Reel 50572, frame 508 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Shutterfly Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 27, 2019 Reel 50574, frame 865 | Shutterfly, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Nov 22, 2019 Reel 51095, frame 172 | Shutterfly, Inc. | Shutterfly, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jun 22, 2026 Reel 75873, frame 501 | Snapfish, LLC; Shutterfly, LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2026 Reel 75813, frame 795 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Shutterfly, Inc. | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 50574/0865 |
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What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 15, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,312,381, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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