Term ended no later than Oct 6, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 6, 2026
Held by Lyft, Inc.
Filed Jun 29, 2022 as application 17/853,734 · Granted Aug 20, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Ended no later than Oct 6, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 6, 2006
Oct 6, 2006
Ended no later than
Oct 6, 2026
Oct 6, 2026
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Aug 20, 2024
base term
after the term ends
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Jun 29, 2022) | 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 on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No maintenance fee can end the term early | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than 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 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 12,069,199 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2022 Reel 61880, frame 237 | Lyft, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2023 Reel 62820, frame 960 | Zellner, Samuel | Lyft, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Oct 6, 2026. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.