Term ends May 6, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 6, 2029
Held by American Express Kabbage Inc.
Filed Jul 18, 2011 as application 13/185,429 · Granted Jan 21, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
May 6, 2009
May 6, 2009
Term ends
May 6, 2029
May 6, 2029
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
Jan 21, 2020
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
26
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. 1 of 2 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 May 6, 2009, when application 12/436,642, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 18, 2011) | May 6, 2029 | 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 6, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,983,951 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2010/025794 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,073,744 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 10,430,873 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| Application 13/180,228 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,540,713 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
| Application 13/311,506 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2012/033687 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2011 Reel 27456, frame 417 | Kabbage, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Mar 25, 2013 Reel 30081, frame 102 | Kabbage, Inc. | Victory Park Management, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 10, 2014 Reel 33298, frame 671 | Victory Park Management, LLC | Kabbage, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 11, 2014 Reel 33303, frame 700 | Venture Lending & Leasing, VI, Inc. | Kabbage, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 15, 2017 Reel 42377, frame 728 | Frohwein, Robert James; Petralia, Kathryn Tison | Kabbage, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 10, 2022 Reel 59553, frame 291 | Kabbage, LLC | Alpha Kabbage, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 10, 2022 Reel 59553, frame 301 | Alpha Kabbage, Inc.; Green Acquisition Merger Sub, Inc. | American Express Kabbage Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Apr 10, 2022 Reel 59692, frame 124 | Kabbage, Inc. | Kabbage, LLC | Entity Conversion |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2029
Term ends May 6, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
58
later US patents cite this one
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