The Patent Finder
US

Method for Requesting Transportation Services

US 8,131,307 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 3, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends May 21, 2030 · High confidence

Held by Lyft, Inc.
Filed Jan 5, 2009 as application 12/348,850 · Granted Mar 6, 2012
Base term plus 501 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2030
Clock starts
Jan 5, 2009
Term ends
May 21, 2030
Granted
Mar 6, 2012
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
501
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.
28
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 501 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 5, 2009, when this application, 12/348,850, was filedJan 5, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+501 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 21, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 21, 2030High confidence

This family

US 8,131,307this patent
May 2030
May 2030
US 9,094,787In force
Mar 2030
Mar 2030
US 9,392,418In force
Jan 2029
Jan 2029
US 9,646,500In force
Jan 2029
Jan 2029
US 9,723,447In force
Jan 2029
Jan 2029
US 9,826,362In force
Jan 2029
Jan 2029
US 9,984,575In force
Jan 2029
Jan 2029
US 9,997,076In force
Jan 2029
Jan 2029
8 of 28 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 11, 2013
Reel 29962, frame 86
Lubeck, Olaf M.; Hall, John H.Airsmobile Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 6, 2017
Reel 44313, frame 993
Airsmobile, Inc.Prosper Technology, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 18, 2019
Reel 48060, frame 649
Prosper Technology, LLCLyft, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 3, 2022
Reel 61880, frame 237
Lyft, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

The Patent Finder CompaniesExpirationsCalculatorWatchlistPricing MethodologyCorrectionsLegalPrivacysupport@thepatentfinder.com Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) Part of 137 Finder · © 2026 137 Finder LLC · Sources cited