Lapsed Jul 8, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 23, 2032
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Liveleaf Holdings LLC.
Filed Feb 5, 2014 as application 14/173,357 · Granted Jul 8, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 8, 2026
2012
2032
Clock starts
Dec 23, 2012
Dec 23, 2012
No longer in force
Jul 8, 2026
Jul 8, 2026
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
Jul 8, 2014
Term would have run to
Dec 23, 2032
Dec 23, 2032
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,716,351, US 8,716,352, US 8,716,353, US 8,765,818, US 8,772,350, to Dec 23, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
21
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Dec 23, 2032: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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, 2012, when application 13/726,180, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 5, 2014) | Dec 23, 2032 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,716,351, US 8,716,352, US 8,716,353, US 8,765,818, US 8,772,350) | resolves to Dec 23, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jul 8, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 8, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,716,351 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 8,716,352 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2013/075221 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,716,353 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 8,765,818 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,772,350 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,772,351 | this patent Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,772,352 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
8 of 21 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 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 |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,716,351, US 8,716,352, US 8,716,353, US 8,765,818, US 8,772,350, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 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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