Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 13, 2023 (Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC).
Term ends no later than Jul 10, 2028 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 10, 2028
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 Mar 13, 2023 as application 18/182,632 · Granted May 19, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jul 10, 2008
Jul 10, 2008
Ends no later than
Jul 10, 2028
Jul 10, 2028
Granted
May 19, 2026
May 19, 2026
base term
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.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
29
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. No maintenance fee can end this term early. Confidence: Low. 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 10, 2008, when applications 12/170,939 and 12/170,951, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Mar 13, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 10, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | No maintenance fee can end the term early | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Jul 10, 2028 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 8,289,688 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 8,624,844 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2009/038599 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,003,315 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| Application 12/416,479 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,577,957 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2009/039117 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,612,888 | In force no later than Apr 2031 | no later than Apr 2031 |
8 of 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2023 Reel 64735, frame 697 | Behar, Yves; Morenstein, Joshua; Hibmacronan, Christopher; Edahiro, Naoya; Day, Matthew David; Havoc Pennington, Robert Sanford; Guyot, Noah Bruce; Kuo, Daniel; Hayes, Jenea Boshart; Tang, Aaron; Fischer, Donald Francis; Schmidt, Christian Marc; Strausfeld, Lisa; Fore, David Livingstone; Chuang, John; Bambacus, Chris; Haney, Bart; Ray, Logan; Beaulieu, Serge | Aquent, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 31, 2023 Reel 64766, frame 49 | Aquent LLC | Litl LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 1, 2023 Reel 64776, frame 247 | Aquent LLC | Litl LLC | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Sep 13, 2023 Reel 64896, frame 347 | Litl LLC | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2028
Term ends no later than Jul 10, 2028. No further fees 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 Jul 10, 2028. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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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.