Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 26, 2021 (Silicon Valley Bank).
Term ended Jul 6, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 6, 2026
Held by Liveaction, Inc.
Filed Feb 22, 2013 as application 13/774,867 · Granted Jan 26, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jul 6, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2006
Jul 6, 2006
Term ended
Jul 6, 2026
Jul 6, 2026
Granted
Jan 26, 2016
Jan 26, 2016
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,003,292, to Jul 6, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 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. 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 Feb 22, 2013) | Jul 6, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,003,292) | resolves to Jul 6, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 6, 2026 | 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 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 9,350,622 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 9,246,772 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2015 Reel 36362, frame 838 | 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.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,003,292, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
16
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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