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System and Method for Online and Mobile Memories and Greeting Service

US 9,015,580 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Nov 1, 2030 · High confidence

Filed May 31, 2012 as application 13/485,450 · Granted Apr 21, 2015
Base term plus 383 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2030
Clock starts
Dec 15, 2009
Term ends
Nov 1, 2030
Granted
Apr 21, 2015
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
383
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,196,038, US 9,015,580.
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 383 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 15, 2009, when applications 12/638,819, 12/638,833 and 12/638,844, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed May 31, 2012)Dec 15, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+383 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 2, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,196,038, US 9,015,580)capped to Nov 1, 2030High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 1, 2030High confidence

This family

Application 12/638,819Abandoned
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US 8,255,290In force
Jan 2031
Jan 2031
US 8,239,290In force
Jan 2031
Jan 2031
Application 12/702,932Abandoned
not computed
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US 8,196,038In force
Nov 2030
Nov 2030
US 8,234,181In force
Jun 2030
Jun 2030
Application PCT/US2011/024059PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,015,580this patent
Nov 2030
Nov 2030
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 15, 2016
Reel 39024, frame 761
Shutterfly, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
Aug 17, 2017
Reel 43542, frame 693
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentShutterfly, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 18, 2017
Reel 43601, frame 955
Shutterfly, Inc.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
May 23, 2018
Reel 46216, frame 396
Shutterfly, Inc.; Lifetouch Inc.; Lifetouch National School Studios Inc.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 26, 2019
Reel 50527, frame 868
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Shutterfly, Inc.; Lifetouch Inc.; Lifetouch National School Studios Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 26, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Shutterfly, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 26, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Lifetouch Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 26, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Lifetouch National School Studios Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 27, 2019
Reel 50572, frame 508
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Shutterfly Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 27, 2019
Reel 50574, frame 865
Shutterfly, Inc.Wilmington Trust, National AssociationFirst Lien Security Agreement
Nov 22, 2019
Reel 51095, frame 172
Shutterfly, Inc.Shutterfly, LLCChange of Name
Dec 16, 2022
Reel 62130, frame 181
Tiny Prints, Inc.Tiny Prints, LLCMerger
Dec 16, 2022
Reel 62130, frame 247
Tiny Prints, LLCShutterfly, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 3, 2023
Reel 65103, frame 765
Berger, Kelly; Asar, Adnan; Chang, Kevin; Holloway, Matthew; Chen, Eugene; Salvador, KrisShutterfly, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 22, 2026
Reel 75873, frame 501
Snapfish, LLC; Shutterfly, LLCWilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 23, 2026
Reel 75813, frame 795
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentShutterfly, Inc.Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 50574/0865

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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