Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 3, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ended Oct 6, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 6, 2026
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 10,477,010), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Lyft, Inc.
Filed Nov 11, 2019 as application 16/680,397 · Granted Aug 9, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Oct 6, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 6, 2006
Oct 6, 2006
Term ended
Oct 6, 2026
Oct 6, 2026
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Aug 9, 2022
base term
after the term ends
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,477,010, to Oct 6, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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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.
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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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: Medium. 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 Oct 6, 2006, when application 11/539,560, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 11, 2019) | Oct 6, 2026 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,477,010) | resolves to Oct 6, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 6, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,937,075 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 9,219,811 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 9,661,125 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 10,178,220 | Term ended no later than Oct 2026 | no later than Oct 2026 |
| US 10,477,010 | Term ended no later than Oct 2026 | no later than Oct 2026 |
| US 11,412,082 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 12,069,199 | Term ended no later than Oct 2026 | no later than Oct 2026 |
| Application 18/808,615 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2020 Reel 51790, frame 867 | Prosper Technology, LLC | Lyft, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 3, 2022 Reel 61880, frame 237 | Lyft, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,477,010, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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