Term ends Dec 20, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 20, 2034
Held by Affirm, Inc.
Filed Dec 20, 2014 as application 14/578,353 · Granted Jun 16, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Dec 20, 2014
Dec 20, 2014
Term ends
Dec 20, 2034
Dec 20, 2034
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Jun 16, 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 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.
4
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 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 20, 2014, when this application, 14/578,353, was filed | Dec 20, 2034 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 20, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,686,781 | this patent Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 11,374,927 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 11,870,773 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 12,316,629 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2020 Reel 52629, frame 631 | Stevens, Andrew Gettings; Ligon, Aaron Ng | Affirm Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 29, 2021 Reel 58497, frame 568 | Kaditz, Jeffrey Howard; Stevens, Andrew Gettings; Selby, Bradley N.; Ligon, Aaron Ng | Affirm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 15, 2024 Reel 66467, frame 876 | Arias, Manuel | Affirm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2034
Term ends Dec 20, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
35
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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