Term ended Mar 5, 2023 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 5, 2023
Held by Uber Technologies, Inc.
Filed Dec 12, 2005 as application 11/302,418 · Granted May 22, 2007
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Mar 5, 2023
2003
2026
Clock starts
Mar 5, 2003
Mar 5, 2003
Term ended
Mar 5, 2023
Mar 5, 2023
Granted
May 22, 2007
May 22, 2007
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
48
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. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Mar 5, 2003, when application 10/379,967, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 12, 2005) | Mar 5, 2023 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 5, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,989,765 | Term ended Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 7,610,145 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 7,161,497 | Term ended Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| US 7,221,287 | this patent Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| US 7,508,321 | Term ended Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| US 7,375,649 | Term ended Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| US 7,557,730 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| US 7,702,452 | Term ended no later than Jul 2024 | no later than Jul 2024 |
8 of 48 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2006 Reel 17315, frame 381 | Gueziec, Andre | Triangle Software LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 29, 2006 Reel 18186, frame 211 | Gueziec, Andre; Levy, Paul; Waldron, Glenn | Triangle Software LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 2, 2013 Reel 31696, frame 793 | Triangle Software LLC | 1836549 Ontario Limited C/O Pelmorex Media Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 2, 2013 Reel 31745, frame 861 | 1836549 Ontario Limited C/O Pelmorex Media Inc. | Pelmorex Canada Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 23, 2017 Reel 41069, frame 953 | Pelmorex Canada, Inc. | Muddy River, Series 97 of Allied Security Trust I | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 31, 2018 Reel 45204, frame 800 | Muddy River, Series 97 of Allied Security Trust I | 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 |
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later US patents cite this one
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