Term ends Mar 15, 2033 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 15, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Khoros, LLC
Filed Apr 18, 2013 as application 13/865,411 · Granted Sep 22, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
Mar 15, 2033
Mar 15, 2033
Granted
Sep 22, 2015
Sep 22, 2015
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.
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.
10
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. 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 Mar 15, 2013, when applications 13/835,250 and 13/835,502, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Apr 18, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 15, 2033 | 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 | 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 | Mar 15, 2033 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,141,997 | this patent Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,483,802 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,204,383 | In force (reinstated) Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,204,344 | In force (reinstated) Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,489,866 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,497,069 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| Application 16/695,098 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/701,143 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2013 Reel 31043, frame 31 | Gaedcke, Dewey; Nguyen, Phu; Evans, James David | Social Dynamx | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 20, 2013 Reel 31043, frame 175 | Social Dynamx | Lithium Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 20, 2013 Reel 31043, frame 547 | Moeller, Morten | Lithium Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 16, 2016 Reel 40348, frame 871 | Lithium Technologies, Inc.; Lithium International, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 17, 2016 Reel 40362, frame 169 | Lithium Technologies, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Jul 28, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Lithium Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 28, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Lithium International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 28, 2017 Reel 43135, frame 667 | Silicon Valley Bank | Lithium Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 28, 2017 Reel 43135, frame 464 | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Lithium Technologies, Inc.; Lithium International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2017 Reel 43829, frame 780 | Lithium Technologies, Inc. | Lithium Technologies, LLC | Entity Conversion |
| Oct 4, 2017 Reel 44117, frame 161 | Lithium Technologies, LLC | Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 26, 2018 Reel 45908, frame 322 | Moeller, Morten | Lithium Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 10, 2018 Reel 46037, frame 408 | Evans, James David; Nguyen, Phu; Gaedcke, Dewey | Lithium Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 17, 2019 Reel 48939, frame 818 | Lithium Technologies, LLC | Khoros, LLC | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Mar 2033
Term ends Mar 15, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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