Term ends Dec 4, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 17, 2026
Held by Uber Technologies, Inc.
Filed Feb 8, 2013 as application 13/763,062 · Granted Jan 26, 2021
Base term plus 109 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Aug 17, 2006
Aug 17, 2006
Term ends
Dec 4, 2026
Dec 4, 2026
Granted
Jan 26, 2021
Jan 26, 2021
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
109
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,570,158, to Dec 4, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it 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 runs 109 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 1 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 Aug 17, 2006, when application 11/465,154, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 8, 2013) | Aug 17, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +109 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,570,158) | resolves to Dec 4, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 4, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,570,158 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,384,539 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,902,084 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application 17/247,807 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2015 Reel 35332, frame 461 | Denny, Michael; Shrum, Edgar, JR.; Tischer, Steven; Walker, Wade | BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2015 Reel 35332, frame 603 | AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2015 Reel 35366, frame 129 | AT&T Intellectual Property, Inc. | AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 3, 2015 Reel 35366, frame 290 | BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation | AT&T Intellectual Property, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 3, 2015 Reel 35383, frame 554 | AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc. | AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 9, 2018 Reel 44884, frame 359 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2018 Reel 45853, frame 418 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2018 Reel 49259, frame 64 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Administrative Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Number Previously Recorded at Reel: 45853 Frame: 418. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Oct 18, 2019 Reel 50767, frame 109 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 10, 2021 Reel 55547, frame 404 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Administrative Agent | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 11, 2024 Reel 69133, frame 167 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as Administrative Agent | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement (TERM Loan) at Reel 050767, Frame 0076 |
| Oct 3, 2024 Reel 69110, frame 508 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 4, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 109 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,570,158, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
194
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2021 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
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