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Automated market maker and related methods and improvements

US 8,788,386 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jul 22, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Owen, Katharyn E
Filed Jan 14, 2013 as application 13/741,336 · Granted Jul 22, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 22, 2026
2008 2028
Clock starts
Jul 11, 2008
No longer in force
Jul 22, 2026
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Term would have run to
Jul 11, 2028
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
3
Family applications on record here
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Its term would have run to Jul 11, 2028: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 11, 2008, when application 12/172,140, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 14, 2013)Jul 11, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jul 22, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 22, 2026High confidence

This family

US 8,380,595In force
Apr 2031
Apr 2031
US 8,396,777In force (reinstated)
Mar 2030
Mar 2030
US 8,788,386this patent
Jul 2026
Jul 2026
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 11, 2013
Reel 29787, frame 666
Fogarty, Matthew J.Xpree, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 11, 2013
Reel 29787, frame 833
Xpree, Inc.Crowdcast, Inc.Change of Name
Feb 11, 2013
Reel 29789, frame 569
Crowdcast, Inc.Spigit, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2013
Reel 31509, frame 547
Spigit, Inc.Mindjet LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 7, 2014
Reel 34130, frame 306
Mindjet LLCWF Fund IV Limited PartnershipSecurity Interest
May 8, 2015
Reel 35599, frame 528
Mindjet LLCMindjet US Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 11, 2015
Reel 36588, frame 423
Mindjet US Inc.Spigit, Inc.Change of Name
Aug 8, 2016
Reel 39373, frame 715
WF Fund IV Limited Partnership (C/O/B as Wellington Financial LP and Wellington Financial Fund IVMindjet LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 28, 2019
Reel 48152, frame 263
Spigit, Inc.Ares Capital CorporationSecurity Interest
Jan 30, 2020
Reel 51672, frame 245
Ares Capital CorporationSpigit, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 17, 2020
Reel 54962, frame 236
Planview, Inc.; Spigit, Inc.; Troux Technologies, Inc.UBS AG, Stamford BranchFirst Lien Security Agreement
Dec 18, 2020
Reel 54804, frame 543
Planview, Inc.; Spigit, Inc.; Troux Technologies, Inc.UBS AG, Stamford BranchSecond Lien Security Agreement
Dec 23, 2020
Reel 54740, frame 815
Ares Capital CorporationSpigit, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 31, 2023
Reel 65407, frame 524
Spigit, Inc.Owen, Katharyn EAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 2, 2026
Reel 76627, frame 68
Spigit, Inc.Planview, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Dataname: Planview, Inc. Previously Recorded on Reel 65407 Frame 524. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

Sources

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