Term ends Dec 23, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 23, 2032
Held by Liveleaf Holdings LLC.
Filed Sep 20, 2016 as application 15/270,491 · Granted Mar 28, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Dec 23, 2012
Dec 23, 2012
Term ends
Dec 23, 2032
Dec 23, 2032
Granted
Mar 28, 2017
Mar 28, 2017
base term
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, US 8,772,351, US 8,772,352, US 8,809,399, US 8,822,544, US 8,822,545, US 8,946,304, US 8,952,072, US 9,023,895, US 9,089,596, US 9,408,869, US 9,603,883, 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.
This patent's term is 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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Sep 20, 2016) | 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, US 8,772,351, US 8,772,352, US 8,809,399, US 8,822,544, US 8,822,545, US 8,946,304, US 8,952,072, US 9,023,895, US 9,089,596, US 9,408,869, US 9,603,883) | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 23, 2032 | 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 | Lapsed on the fee record 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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What's changing
Dec 2032
Term ends Dec 23, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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, US 8,772,351, US 8,772,352, US 8,809,399, US 8,822,544, US 8,822,545, US 8,946,304, US 8,952,072, US 9,023,895, US 9,089,596, US 9,408,869, US 9,603,883, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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.