Term ends May 27, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 27, 2031
Held by Worldpay, LLC
Filed Oct 18, 2019 as application 16/657,578 · Granted Nov 2, 2021
Base term plus 41 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
May 27, 2011
May 27, 2011
Term ends
May 27, 2031
May 27, 2031
Granted
Nov 2, 2021
Nov 2, 2021
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
41
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,489,784.
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.
8
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 41 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 27, 2011, when application 13/117,599, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 18, 2019) | May 27, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +41 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 7, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,489,784) | capped to May 27, 2031 | 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 27, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,943,574 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 9,785,938 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 10,068,229 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 10,489,784 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 11,164,183 | this patent May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 11,861,603 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 12,505,433 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| Application 19/400,109 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2019 Reel 51010, frame 76 | Bailey, Bryan T.; Romer, John; Doyle, Chris; Gifford, Jeremy; Zibart, Kevin | Fifth Third Processing Solutions, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 14, 2019 Reel 51032, frame 709 | Fifth Third Processing Solutions, LLC | Vantiv, LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 14, 2019 Reel 51032, frame 919 | 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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May 2031
Term ends May 27, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 41 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,489,784.
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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