Term ends Dec 1, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 31, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by eBay Inc.
Filed Jun 11, 2010 as application 12/813,738 · Granted Jul 9, 2013
Base term plus 396 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2008
Oct 31, 2008
Term ends
Dec 1, 2029
Dec 1, 2029
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
Jul 9, 2013
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
396
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.
24
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 396 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 31, 2008, when application 12/262,862, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 11, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 31, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +396 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 1, 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 | Dec 1, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 60/984,948 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,958,066 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| US 8,032,480 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,032,481 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 7,966,282 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,494,978 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2010/038259 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,484,142 | this patent Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
8 of 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2010 Reel 24759, frame 605 | Pinckney, Thomas; Dixon, Christopher; Gattis, Matthew Ryan | Hunch Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 28, 2011 Reel 27475, frame 958 | Hunch Inc. | eBay Inc. | Merger |
| Mar 16, 2012 Reel 27890, frame 823 | Hunch Inc. | eBay Inc. | Corrective Document-Applicat's Representative Submitted a Request for Recordation of Merger Document Between Hunch, Inc. and Ebay Inc. on December 2011, Which Was Recorded on January 05, 2012 at Reel 027475, Frame 0958-0962. Applicant's Representative Inadvertentlly Included an Additional Page (Referenced Herein as "Intel-Numonyx") with the Original Merger Document That Was Recorded. Applicant Respectfully Requests That the Original Merger Document Attached Hereto Is Recorded Without the Intel-Numonyx Page. |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2029
Term ends Dec 1, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 396 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
104
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.