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US 9,389,754 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 8, 2019 (Silicon Valley Bank).

Term ends Oct 22, 2033 · High confidence

Filed May 14, 2013 as application 13/894,199 · Granted Jul 12, 2016
Base term plus 161 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
May 14, 2013
Term ends
Oct 22, 2033
Granted
Jul 12, 2016
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
161
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
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 161 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 14, 2013, when this application, 13/894,199, was filedMay 14, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+161 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 22, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 22, 2033High confidence

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US 9,389,754this patent
Oct 2033
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Application PCT/US2014/033466PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,162,486In force
Aug 2033
Aug 2033
US 11,119,631In force
May 2033
May 2033
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 29, 2013
Reel 31123, frame 671
Demand Media, Inc.Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
Aug 7, 2014
Reel 33498, frame 848
Rightside Operating Co.Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Security Interest
Nov 28, 2014
Reel 34494, frame 634
Silicon Valley BankDemand Media, Inc.Release of Intellectual Property Security Interest at Reel/Frame No. 31123/0671
Mar 10, 2016
Reel 37946, frame 757
Landers, Monica Winn; Reese, Byron WilliamDemand Media, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 15, 2016
Reel 37990, frame 540
Dillon, BrianDemand Media, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 22, 2016
Reel 40730, frame 579
Demand Media, Inc.Leaf Group Ltd.Change of Name
Dec 13, 2016
Reel 40725, frame 675
Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., as AgentRightside Operating Co.Release of Security Interest
Nov 8, 2019
Reel 50957, frame 469
Leaf Group Ltd.Silicon Valley BankSecurity 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.

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