Term ends Dec 8, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 8, 2026
Held by Uber Technologies, Inc.
Filed Jun 25, 2012 as application 13/532,437 · Granted Sep 15, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Dec 8, 2006
Dec 8, 2006
Term ends
Dec 8, 2026
Dec 8, 2026
Granted
Sep 15, 2015
Sep 15, 2015
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,219,578, to Dec 8, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 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 Dec 8, 2006, when application 11/608,791, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 25, 2012) | Dec 8, 2026 | 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 resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,219,578) | resolves to Dec 8, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 8, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,219,578 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 9,135,353 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 10,068,025 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 10,839,034 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
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 25, 2012 Reel 28438, frame 854 | Hendrey, Geoffrey; Poppen, Richard | Decarta Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 21, 2015 Reel 35462, frame 301 | Decarta Inc. | Decarta Inc. | Merger |
| Apr 29, 2015 Reel 35530, frame 942 | Magellan Merger Sub Corp.; Decarta Inc. | Decarta Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| May 6, 2015 Reel 35581, frame 194 | Decarta Inc.; Decarta LLC | Decarta LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| May 12, 2015 Reel 35622, frame 242 | Decarta LLC | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 14, 2016 Reel 39341, frame 8 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement (TERM Loan) |
| Jul 14, 2016 Reel 39341, frame 64 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement (REVOLVER) |
| 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. |
| 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 140 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as Administrative Agent | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement (TERM Loan) at Reel 039341, Frame 0008 |
| 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 2026
Term ends Dec 8, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,219,578, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.