Term ends Jul 9, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 31, 2032
Held by Worldpay, LLC
Filed Jul 31, 2012 as application 13/563,534 · Granted Jul 2, 2019
Base term plus 343 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Jul 31, 2012
Jul 31, 2012
Term ends
Jul 9, 2033
Jul 9, 2033
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Jul 2, 2019
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
343
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
30
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 343 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Jul 31, 2012, when this application, 13/563,534, was filed | Jul 31, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +343 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 9, 2033 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 9, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,339,524 | this patent Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 10,346,838 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2013/052795 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,152,711 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 10,445,720 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| US 10,332,106 | In force Jan 2036 | Jan 2036 |
| US 10,346,843 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/011905 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2012 Reel 28885, frame 240 | Mercury Payment Systems, LLC | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 15, 2012 Reel 29131, frame 998 | Plomske, Michelle K.; Watts, Charles E.; Ozvat, Matthew D. | MML 1 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 13, 2014 Reel 33161, frame 952 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent | Mercury Payment Systems, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 14, 2017 Reel 43007, frame 234 | MML 1 LLC | Vantiv, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 6, 2018 Reel 46723, frame 234 | Vantiv, LLC | Worldpay, LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 19, 2024 Reel 66624, frame 719 | Worldpay, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2024 Reel 66626, frame 655 | Worldpay, LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 12, 2026 Reel 74314, frame 622 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Worldpay, LLC; Worldpay Iso and Ecommerce, LLC; Paymetric, LLC; Worldpay US, LLC | Release of Security Interests Recorded at Reel/Frames 066626/0655, 066625/0426, 066625/0347, and 066625/0276 |
| Jan 12, 2026 Reel 74315, frame 412 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Worldpay, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at R/F 066624/0719 |
| Jan 12, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Worldpay, LLC | Release of Security Interests Recorded at Reel/Frames 066626/0655, 066625/0426, 066625/0347, and 066625/0276 |
| Jan 12, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Worldpay Iso and Ecommerce, LLC | Release of Security Interests Recorded at Reel/Frames 066626/0655, 066625/0426, 066625/0347, and 066625/0276 |
| Jan 12, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Paymetric, LLC | Release of Security Interests Recorded at Reel/Frames 066626/0655, 066625/0426, 066625/0347, and 066625/0276 |
| Jan 12, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Worldpay US, LLC | Release of Security Interests Recorded at Reel/Frames 066626/0655, 066625/0426, 066625/0347, and 066625/0276 |
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Jul 2033
Term ends Jul 9, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 343 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
367
later US patents cite this one
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