Term ends Aug 2, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 28, 2026
Held by eBay Inc.
Filed Nov 28, 2006 as application 11/605,066 · Granted Jan 27, 2015
Base term plus 2439 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2033
Clock starts
Nov 28, 2006
Nov 28, 2006
Term ends
Aug 2, 2033
Aug 2, 2033
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
Jan 27, 2015
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
2,439
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
6
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 2439 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 28, 2006, when this application, 11/605,066, was filed | Nov 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2439 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 2, 2033 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 2, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,943,181 | this patent Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 10,291,716 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 11,233,857 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 11,647,081 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 12,309,232 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 19/187,386 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 2006 Reel 18646, frame 420 | Kasten, Christopher J.; Chernyshev, Igor; Seitz, Greg | eBay 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
Aug 2033
Term ends Aug 2, 2033.
Note
The 2439 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
175
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 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.