Term ended no later than Sep 16, 2024 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 16, 2024
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Dec 8, 2025.
Held by Shopify, Inc.
Filed Dec 12, 2012 as application 13/712,323 · Granted Nov 5, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Ended no later than Sep 16, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Sep 16, 2004
Sep 16, 2004
Ended no later than
Sep 16, 2024
Sep 16, 2024
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
Nov 5, 2013
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
8
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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Sep 16, 2004, when application 10/942,518, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 12, 2012) | Sep 16, 2024 | 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 | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Dec 8, 2025, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Sep 16, 2024 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,917,356 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 8,346,543 | Term ended Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 8,577,674 | this patent no later than Sep 2024 | no later than Sep 2024 |
| US 8,700,390 | Term ended Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 8,909,519 | Term ended Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 9,009,034 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| US 9,224,405 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 9,412,396 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 2012 Reel 29464, frame 176 | Chen, Bing; James, James H. | AT&T Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 5, 2013 Reel 29921, frame 87 | AT&T Corp. | AT&T Properties, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 5, 2013 Reel 29921, frame 190 | AT&T Properties, LLC | AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 14, 2019 Reel 51005, frame 99 | AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P. | Shopify, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Sep 16, 2024. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.