Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 7, 2023 (Acquiom Agency Services LLC).
Term ends Jan 1, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 26, 2029
Held by Circle Graphics, Inc.
Filed Apr 12, 2011 as application 13/085,472 · Granted Sep 16, 2014
Base term plus 432 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Oct 26, 2009
Oct 26, 2009
Term ends
Jan 1, 2031
Jan 1, 2031
Granted
Sep 16, 2014
Sep 16, 2014
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
432
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.
2
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 432 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 Oct 26, 2009, when application 12/606,084, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 12, 2011) | Oct 26, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +432 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 1, 2031 | 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 1, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,838,484 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 8,838,485 | this patent Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2011 Reel 26835, frame 949 | Kiarostami, Ahmad | Fotomoto, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 26, 2013 Reel 31291, frame 612 | Livebooks Holdings, Inc. | Bay Photo, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 26, 2013 Reel 31291, frame 385 | Fotomoto, Inc. | Livebooks Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 7, 2020 Reel 53717, frame 414 | Bay Photo, Inc. | Bay Photo, LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 9, 2020 Reel 53742, frame 109 | Bay Photo, LLC | White Oak Global Advisors, LLC, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders | Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 10, 2020 Reel 53735, frame 588 | Bay Photo, LLC | U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 23, 2021 Reel 55434, frame 826 | White Oak Global Advisors, LLC, as the Resigning Agent | Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as the Successor Agent | Notice of Successor Agent and Assignment of Security Interest (Intellectual Property) |
| Jun 8, 2023 Reel 63898, frame 509 | Bay Photo, LLC | Circle Graphics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 7, 2023 Reel 64234, frame 375 | Circle Graphics, Inc. | Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders | Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 30, 2024 Reel 69080, frame 376 | U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent | Bay Photo, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2031
Term ends Jan 1, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 432 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
24
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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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