Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 26, 2021 (Silicon Valley Bank).
Term ends Mar 20, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 6, 2026
Held by Liveaction, Inc.
Filed Apr 28, 2009 as application 12/431,698 · Granted Apr 7, 2015
Base term plus 988 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2006
Jul 6, 2006
Term ends
Mar 20, 2029
Mar 20, 2029
Granted
Apr 7, 2015
Apr 7, 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
988
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
6
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 988 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. 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 Jul 6, 2006, when application 11/483,054, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 28, 2009) | Jul 6, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +988 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 20, 2029 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 20, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,500,158 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 7,975,190 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,003,292 | this patent Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 9,350,622 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 9,246,772 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 9,240,930 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2009 Reel 22608, frame 566 | Smith, John Kei; Pierce, Robert | Referentia Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 19, 2015 Reel 36363, frame 52 | Referentia Systems, Inc. | Liveaction, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 26, 2021 Reel 57299, frame 113 | Liveaction, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Oct 28, 2024 Reel 69036, frame 868 | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (as Successor to Silicon Valley Bank) | Liveaction, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2024 Reel 69655, frame 362 | Liveaction, Inc. | PNC Bank Canada Branch | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Mar 2029
Term ends Mar 20, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 988 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
113
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.