Also listed on 8D Technologies, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 3, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Feb 26, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 20, 2028
Held by Lyft, Inc.
Filed Mar 20, 2008 as application 12/052,309 · Granted Mar 1, 2011
Base term plus 343 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Mar 20, 2008
Mar 20, 2008
Term ends
Feb 26, 2029
Feb 26, 2029
Granted
Mar 1, 2011
Mar 1, 2011
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
343
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
3
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 343 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 20, 2008, when this application, 12/052,309, was filed | Mar 20, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +343 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 26, 2029 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 26, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,898,439 | this patent Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 9,076,136 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| Application 95/001,974 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2013 Reel 31023, frame 940 | Bettez, Isabelle; Bettez, Jean-sebastien | 8D Technologies Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Dec 29, 2016 Reel 40806, frame 787 | 8D Technologies Inc. | 9352-3033 Quebec Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 26, 2018 Reel 46465, frame 809 | 1103123 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company | 8D Technologies ULC | Change of Name |
| Jul 26, 2018 Reel 46633, frame 561 | 9352-3033 Quebec Inc. | 8D Technologies Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 26, 2018 Reel 46633, frame 641 | 8D Technologies Inc. | 1103123 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company | Merger |
| Jul 26, 2018 Reel 47445, frame 806 | 8D Technologies Inc. | 8D Technologies Inc. | Change of Incorporation |
| May 13, 2019 Reel 49159, frame 281 | 8D Technologies ULC | 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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What's changing
Feb 2029
Term ends Feb 26, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 343 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
153
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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