Lapsed Aug 19, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 26, 2027
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Liveu Ltd.
Filed Sep 3, 2013 as application 14/016,982 · Granted Aug 19, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Aug 19, 2026
2007
2027
Clock starts
Aug 26, 2007
Aug 26, 2007
No longer in force
Aug 19, 2026
Aug 19, 2026
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Aug 19, 2014
Term would have run to
Aug 26, 2027
Aug 26, 2027
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.
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.
12
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 Aug 26, 2027: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Aug 26, 2007, when application 11/845,071, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 3, 2013) | Aug 26, 2027 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 19, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 19, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,948,933 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 8,649,402 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,737,436 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,467,337 | In force no later than Aug 2027 | no later than Aug 2027 |
| US 8,488,659 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,964,646 | In force no later than Aug 2027 | no later than Aug 2027 |
| US 8,848,697 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 8,811,292 | this patent Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2014 Reel 32695, frame 849 | Liveu Ltd. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Apr 17, 2014 Reel 32695, frame 894 | Liveu Ltd. | Silicon Valley Bank; Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited | Security Interest |
| Apr 17, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Liveu Ltd. | Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited | Security Interest |
| Mar 25, 2015 Reel 35286, frame 288 | Liveu Ltd. | Silicon Valley Bank; Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited | First Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 25, 2015 Reel 35286, frame 332 | Liveu Ltd. | Silicon Valley Bank | First Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 25, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Liveu Ltd. | Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited | First Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 13, 2016 Reel 39326, frame 210 | Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited | Liveu Ltd. | Termination of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 28, 2018 Reel 45748, frame 787 | Silicon Valley Bank | Liveu Inc.; Liveu Ltd. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 28, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Liveu Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 28, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Liveu Ltd. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 8, 2019 Reel 49107, frame 247 | Ohayon, Rony Haim; Cohen, Avichai | Liveu Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2019 Reel 49737, frame 70 | Live U Ltd. | Lucid Trustee Services Limited | Security Interest |
| Sep 16, 2019 Reel 50379, frame 452 | Liveu Ltd. | Lucid Trustee Services Limited | Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2021 Reel 57355, frame 893 | Lucid Trustee Services Limited | Liveu Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
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