Term ends Nov 6, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 23, 2028
Held by Liveleaf Holdings, LLC
Filed Mar 1, 2010 as application 12/715,270 · Granted Jan 1, 2013
Base term plus 318 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Dec 23, 2008
Dec 23, 2008
Term ends
Nov 6, 2029
Nov 6, 2029
Granted
Jan 1, 2013
Jan 1, 2013
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
318
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.
14
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 318 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Dec 23, 2008, when application 12/317,638, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 1, 2010) | Dec 23, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +318 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 6, 2029 | 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 | Nov 6, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,734,867 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,343,552 | this patent Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 8,722,116 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2022 | May 2022 |
| US 8,586,110 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| Application 14/027,228 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/027,235 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/178,459 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,636,361 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2010 Reel 24008, frame 964 | Huang, Alexander L.; Wu, Gin | Metaactiv, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 24, 2012 Reel 29190, frame 393 | Metaactiv Corporation | Liveleaf, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 24, 2012 Reel 29186, frame 596 | Liveleaf, Inc. | Liveleaf, Inc., a Delaware Corporation | Merger |
| Jun 20, 2015 Reel 35981, frame 723 | Huang, Alexander L.; Wu, Gin | Metaactiv Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 024008 Frame: 0964. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Oct 20, 2022 Reel 61733, frame 245 | Liveleaf, Inc. | Liveleaf, Inc. | Change of Address |
| Oct 24, 2022 Reel 61506, frame 296 | Liveleaf, Inc. | Liveleaf Holdings LLC. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 2, 2025 Reel 69810, frame 486 | Liveleaf, Inc. | Liveleaf Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2029
Term ends Nov 6, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 318 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
38
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 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
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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.