Term ends Jan 11, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 16, 2031
Held by Litl LLC
Filed May 16, 2011 as application 13/108,470 · Granted Dec 31, 2013
Base term plus 240 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
May 16, 2011
May 16, 2011
Term ends
Jan 11, 2032
Jan 11, 2032
Granted
Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 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
240
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 240 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 May 16, 2011, when this application, 13/108,470, was filed | May 16, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +240 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 11, 2032 | 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 | Jan 11, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,619,116 | this patent 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 | In force 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2011 Reel 27071, frame 905 | Pennington, Robert Sanford Havoc; Tang, Aaron; Chuang, John; Bambacus, Chris; Eliason, Eben; Moody, Chris; Bilien, Johan | Litl, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 16, 2011 Reel 27401, frame 712 | Pennington, Robert Sanford Havoc; Tang, Aaron; Chuang, John; Bambacus, Chris; Eliason, Eben; Moody, Chris; Bilien, John | Litl LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 24, 2015 Reel 35497, frame 904 | Aquent LLC; Litl LLC; Scout Exchange LLC | Crystal Financial LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2015 Reel 36015, frame 940 | Litl LLC | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Amendment No. 1 to Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 14, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Crystal Financial LLC | Aquent LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights at Reel/Frame: 035497/0904 |
| Jun 14, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Crystal Financial LLC | Litl LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights at Reel/Frame: 035497/0904 |
| Jun 14, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Crystal Financial LLC | Scout Exchange LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights at Reel/Frame: 035497/0904 |
| Jun 14, 2018 Reel 46364, frame 443 | Crystal Financial LLC | Aquent LLC; Litl LLC; Scout Exchange LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights at Reel/Frame: 035497/0904 |
| May 22, 2020 Reel 52736, frame 891 | Aquent LLC | Litl LLC | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2032
Term ends Jan 11, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 240 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
26
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.