Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 26, 2020 (Western Alliance Bank).
Term ends Apr 17, 2033 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 4, 2030
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Smule, Inc.
Filed Apr 12, 2011 as application 13/085,415 · Granted Mar 31, 2015
Base term plus 956 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2033
Clock starts
Sep 4, 2010
Sep 4, 2010
Term ends
Apr 17, 2033
Apr 17, 2033
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Mar 31, 2015
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
956
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
40
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 956 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Sep 4, 2010, when application 12/876,132, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 12, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 4, 2030 | 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 | +956 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 17, 2033 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 17, 2033 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,058,797 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,147,385 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2010/060135 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2011/032185 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,868,411 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,996,364 | this patent Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| US 8,983,829 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 9,601,127 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
8 of 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2011 Reel 26196, frame 863 | Cook, Perry R.; Lazier, Ari; Lieber, Tom | Smule, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 26, 2020 Reel 52022, frame 440 | Smule, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2033
Term ends Apr 17, 2033.
Note
The 956 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
63
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2015 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.