Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 3, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Mar 27, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 5, 2029
Held by Lyft, Inc.
Filed Mar 6, 2012 as application 13/413,492 · Granted Jul 28, 2015
Base term plus 446 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Jan 5, 2009
Jan 5, 2009
Term ends
Mar 27, 2030
Mar 27, 2030
Granted
Jul 28, 2015
Jul 28, 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
446
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.
28
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 446 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 Jan 5, 2009, when application 12/348,850, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 6, 2012) | Jan 5, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +446 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 27, 2030 | 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 | Mar 27, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,131,307 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 9,094,787 | this patent Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 9,392,418 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 9,646,500 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 9,723,447 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 9,826,362 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 9,984,575 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 9,997,076 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
8 of 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2015 Reel 35871, frame 781 | Lubeck, Olaf M.; Hall, John H. | Airsmobile Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 16, 2015 Reel 36126, frame 355 | Airsmobile Inc. | Airsmobile Inc. | Change of Address |
| Dec 6, 2017 Reel 44313, frame 993 | Airsmobile, Inc. | Prosper Technology, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 18, 2019 Reel 48060, frame 649 | Prosper Technology, LLC | Lyft, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 3, 2022 Reel 61880, frame 237 | Lyft, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 27, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 446 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
32
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.