Term ended Jul 7, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 7, 2025
Held by Shutterfly, LLC
Filed Sep 7, 2011 as application 13/226,989 · Granted Apr 10, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jul 7, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Jul 7, 2005
Jul 7, 2005
Term ended
Jul 7, 2025
Jul 7, 2025
Granted
Apr 10, 2012
Apr 10, 2012
base term
after the term ends
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
36
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. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Jul 7, 2005, when application 11/176,049, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 7, 2011) | Jul 7, 2025 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 7, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,474,801 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,036,489 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,555,154 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,131,114 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,363,888 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,437,575 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2011/034843 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,155,481 | this patent Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
8 of 36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 2011 Reel 27333, frame 161 | Shutterfly, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Sep 11, 2014 Reel 33718, frame 664 | Chen, Eugene; Miller, Trynne Anne; Quek, Su Mien | Shutterfly, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 15, 2016 Reel 39024, frame 761 | Shutterfly, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Aug 17, 2017 Reel 43542, frame 693 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Shutterfly, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 18, 2017 Reel 43601, frame 955 | Shutterfly, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 23, 2018 Reel 46216, frame 396 | Shutterfly, Inc.; Lifetouch Inc.; Lifetouch National School Studios Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2019 Reel 50527, frame 868 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Shutterfly, Inc.; Lifetouch Inc.; Lifetouch National School Studios Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Shutterfly, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Lifetouch Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Lifetouch National School Studios Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 27, 2019 Reel 50572, frame 508 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Shutterfly Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 27, 2019 Reel 50574, frame 865 | Shutterfly, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Nov 22, 2019 Reel 51095, frame 172 | Shutterfly, Inc. | Shutterfly, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jun 23, 2026 Reel 75813, frame 795 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Shutterfly, Inc. | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 50574/0865 |
Sources
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