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System for On-Site Management of an Event

US 8,397,984 In force (reinstated)
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 11, 2020 (FP Credit Partners, L.P).

Term ends Sep 15, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Sep 15, 2011 as application 13/234,000 · Granted Mar 19, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Sep 15, 2011
Term ends
Sep 15, 2031
Granted
Mar 19, 2013
base term 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.
5
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 15, 2011, when this application, 13/234,000, was filedSep 15, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn force (reinstated)High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 15, 2031High confidence

This family

US 8,397,984this patent
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US 8,608,054In force
Sep 2031
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US 8,833,642In force
no later than Sep 2031
no later than Sep 2031
US 9,171,269In force (reinstated)
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US 9,563,859In force
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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
Dec 6, 2011
Reel 27329, frame 808
Bascombe, Simon M.Eventbrite, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 6, 2017
Reel 42926, frame 727
Eventbrite, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Security Interest
Jul 6, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Eventbrite, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.Security Interest
Jul 6, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Eventbrite, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Security Interest
May 29, 2018
Reel 46251, frame 72
Eventbrite, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Security Interest
Sep 26, 2018
Reel 46976, frame 248
Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Eventbrite, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 11, 2020
Reel 52629, frame 295
Eventbrite, Inc.Fp Credit Partners, L.pSecurity Interest
Jun 15, 2020
Reel 52937, frame 145
FP Credit Partners L.P.Wilmington Trust, National AssociationAssignment and Assumption of Patent Security Agreement
Mar 12, 2021
Reel 55583, frame 602
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationEventbrite, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Aug 6, 2025
Reel 72958, frame 396
Eventbrite, Inc.First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents

Sources

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

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