Term ends Dec 28, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 14, 2031
Held by Uber Technologies, Inc.
Filed Nov 14, 2011 as application 13/296,108 · Granted May 6, 2014
Base term plus 44 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Nov 14, 2011
Nov 14, 2011
Term ends
Dec 28, 2031
Dec 28, 2031
Granted
May 6, 2014
May 6, 2014
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
44
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.
48
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 44 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 Nov 14, 2011, when this application, 13/296,108, was filed | Nov 14, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +44 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 28, 2031 | 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 28, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,989,765 | Term ended Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 7,610,145 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 7,161,497 | Term ended Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| US 7,221,287 | Term ended Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| US 7,508,321 | Term ended Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| US 7,375,649 | Term ended Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| US 7,557,730 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| US 7,702,452 | Term ended no later than Jul 2024 | no later than Jul 2024 |
8 of 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 2013 Reel 31696, frame 793 | Triangle Software LLC | 1836549 Ontario Limited C/O Pelmorex Media Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 2, 2013 Reel 31745, frame 861 | 1836549 Ontario Limited C/O Pelmorex Media Inc. | Pelmorex Canada Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 3, 2014 Reel 33242, frame 665 | Gueziec, Andre | Triangle Software LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 23, 2017 Reel 41069, frame 953 | Pelmorex Canada, Inc. | Muddy River, Series 97 of Allied Security Trust I | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 31, 2018 Reel 45204, frame 800 | Muddy River, Series 97 of Allied Security Trust I | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2018 Reel 45853, frame 418 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2018 Reel 49259, frame 64 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Administrative Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Number Previously Recorded at Reel: 45853 Frame: 418. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Oct 18, 2019 Reel 50767, frame 109 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 10, 2021 Reel 55547, frame 404 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Administrative Agent | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 11, 2024 Reel 69133, frame 167 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as Administrative Agent | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement (TERM Loan) at Reel 050767, Frame 0076 |
| Oct 3, 2024 Reel 69110, frame 508 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2031
Term ends Dec 28, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 44 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
187
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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