Term ends Jun 19, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 15, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Shutterfly, Inc.
Filed Feb 9, 2010 as application 12/703,130 · Granted Jul 31, 2012
Base term plus 186 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Dec 15, 2009
Dec 15, 2009
Term ends
Jun 19, 2030
Jun 19, 2030
Granted
Jul 31, 2012
Jul 31, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
186
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
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 runs 186 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Dec 15, 2009, when applications 12/638,819, 12/638,833 and 12/638,844, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Feb 9, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 15, 2029 | 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 | +186 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 19, 2030 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 19, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 12/638,819 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,255,290 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 8,239,290 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| Application 12/702,932 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,196,038 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,234,181 | this patent Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2011/024059 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,015,580 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2010 Reel 24743, frame 388 | Berger, Kelly; Asar, Adnan; Chang, Kevin; Taylor, Krys; Cheng, Tanya; Isaacs, Alessandro | Tiny Prints, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 17, 2010 Reel 25003, frame 835 | Berger, Kelly; Asar, Adnan; Chang, Kevin; Taylor, Krys; Chang, Tanya; Isaacs, Alessandro | Tiny Prints, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 18, 2011 Reel 26301, frame 40 | Tiny Prints, Inc. | Shutterfly, Inc. | Merger |
| Dec 7, 2011 Reel 27333, frame 161 | Shutterfly, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| 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 |
| Dec 16, 2022 Reel 62130, frame 181 | Tiny Prints, Inc. | Tiny Prints, LLC | Merger |
| Dec 16, 2022 Reel 62130, frame 247 | Tiny Prints, LLC | Shutterfly, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2026 Reel 75873, frame 501 | Snapfish, LLC; Shutterfly, LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| 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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What's changing
Jun 2030
Term ends Jun 19, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 186 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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