Term ends Sep 30, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 30, 2031
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,460,299), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Smith Micro Software, LLC
Filed Sep 30, 2011 as application 13/249,996 · Granted Feb 23, 2016
Base term plus 141 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Sep 30, 2011
Sep 30, 2011
Term ends
Sep 30, 2031
Sep 30, 2031
Granted
Feb 23, 2016
Feb 23, 2016
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
141
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,788,657, US 9,460,299.
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.
4
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 141 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 30, 2011, when this application, 13/249,996, was filed | Sep 30, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +141 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 18, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,788,657, US 9,460,299) | capped to Sep 30, 2031 | Medium 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 | Sep 30, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,268,956 | this patent Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,460,299 | In force no later than Sep 2031 | no later than Sep 2031 |
| US 8,788,657 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,571,590 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2011 Reel 27001, frame 805 | Anakata, Joseph; Hodges, Daniel | Wavemarket, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2012 Reel 27727, frame 340 | Wavemarket, Inc. | Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 15, 2014 Reel 34009, frame 176 | Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. | Wavemarket, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 16, 2014 Reel 34012, frame 721 | Avg Netherlands B.V.; Location Labs, Inc. | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Security Interest |
| Oct 5, 2015 Reel 36754, frame 685 | Wavemarket, Inc. | Location Labs, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 3, 2016 Reel 40205, frame 406 | HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Location Labs, Inc.; Avg Netherlands B.V. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Location Labs, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Avg Netherlands B.V. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 27, 2017 Reel 41522, frame 972 | Location Labs, Inc. | Credit Suisse International, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 26, 2021 Reel 55742, frame 932 | Credit Suisse International, As Collateral Agent | Location Labs, LLC (F/K/A Location Labs, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 25, 2021 Reel 57908, frame 949 | Location Labs, Inc. | Location Labs, LLC. | Change of Name |
| Oct 25, 2021 Reel 57909, frame 20 | Location Labs, LLC. | Smith Micro Software, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2031
Term ends Sep 30, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 141 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,788,657, US 9,460,299.
Citations
130
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 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.