Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 6, 2022 (Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC).
Term ends no later than May 16, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 16, 2031
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Litl LLC
Filed Nov 13, 2019 as application 16/682,579 · Granted Mar 1, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
May 16, 2011
May 16, 2011
Ends no later than
May 16, 2031
May 16, 2031
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Mar 1, 2022
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
1 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.
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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 May 16, 2011, when applications 13/108,451 and 13/108,467, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Nov 13, 2019) | May 16, 2031 | 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 on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than May 16, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,619,116 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 8,928,725 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| Application 13/108,451 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,760,488 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2011/057298 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,473,739 | In force no later than May 2031 | no later than May 2031 |
| US 10,701,309 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 11,265,510 | this patent no later than May 2031 | no later than May 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2020 Reel 52736, frame 891 | Aquent LLC | Litl LLC | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Sep 16, 2020 Reel 53788, frame 727 | Tang, Aaron; Havoc Pennington, Robert Sanford | Litl LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 16, 2020 Reel 53788, frame 860 | Bilien, Johan | Litl LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 16, 2020 Reel 53789, frame 26 | Chuang, John; Bambacus, Chris; Moody, Chris | Litl LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 16, 2020 Reel 53789, frame 274 | Eliason, Eben | Litl LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 6, 2022 Reel 60592, frame 883 | Litl LLC | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Amendment N0. 6 to Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2031
Term ends no later than May 16, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than May 16, 2031. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
34
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2022 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.