Term ends Nov 13, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 13, 2029
Held by AT&T Alex Holdings, LLC
Filed May 1, 2015 as application 14/701,535 · Granted May 10, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Nov 13, 2009
Nov 13, 2009
Term ends
Nov 13, 2029
Nov 13, 2029
Granted
May 10, 2016
May 10, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,053,704, to Nov 13, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Nov 13, 2009, when application 12/618,371, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 1, 2015) | Nov 13, 2029 | 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 9,053,704) | resolves to Nov 13, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Nov 13, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,374,867 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 8,532,992 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 8,781,831 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 9,053,704 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 9,336,773 | this patent Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2016 Reel 37590, frame 402 | AT&T Alex Holdings, LLC | Interactions LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 29, 2017 Reel 43039, frame 808 | Interactions LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Nov 8, 2017 Reel 44071, frame 152 | Ljolje, Andrej; Renger, Bernard S; Tischer, Steven Neil | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2017 Reel 44071, frame 203 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | AT&T Alex Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 5, 2019 Reel 49388, frame 82 | Interactions LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jun 27, 2022 Reel 60445, frame 733 | Interactions LLC; Interactions Corporation | Runway Growth Finance Corp. | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jun 30, 2022 Reel 60557, frame 636 | Silicon Valley Bank | Interactions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at Reel/Frame: 043039/0808 |
| Jun 30, 2022 Reel 60558, frame 474 | Silicon Valley Bank | Interactions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at Reel/Frame: 049388/0082 |
| Feb 1, 2023 Reel 62919, frame 63 | Interactions LLC; Interactions Corporation | Runway Growth Finance Corp. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Application Number Previously Recorded at Reel: 060445 Frame: 0733. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Sep 4, 2025 Reel 72802, frame 931 | Runway Growth Finance Corp., as Agent | Interactions Corporation; Interactions LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Runway Growth Finance Corp., as Agent | Interactions Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Runway Growth Finance Corp., as Agent | Interactions LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2029
Term ends Nov 13, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,053,704, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.