Collateral for a security interest recorded May 11, 2020 (FP Credit Partners, L.P).
Term ends Sep 15, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 15, 2031
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,833,642), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Eventbrite, Inc.
Filed Sep 5, 2014 as application 14/478,798 · Granted Oct 27, 2015
Base term plus 55 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Sep 15, 2011
Sep 15, 2011
Term ends
Sep 15, 2031
Sep 15, 2031
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Oct 27, 2015
base term
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
55
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,397,984, US 8,608,054, US 8,833,642.
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.
5
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 55 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 15, 2011, when application 13/234,000, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 5, 2014) | Sep 15, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +55 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 9, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,397,984, US 8,608,054, US 8,833,642) | capped to Sep 15, 2031 | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 15, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,397,984 | In force (reinstated) Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 8,608,054 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 8,833,642 | In force no later than Sep 2031 | no later than Sep 2031 |
| US 9,171,269 | this patent Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,563,859 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2014 Reel 33688, frame 657 | Bascombe, Simon M. | Eventbrite, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 6, 2017 Reel 42926, frame 727 | Eventbrite, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jul 6, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Eventbrite, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jul 6, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Eventbrite, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| May 29, 2018 Reel 46251, frame 72 | Eventbrite, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2018 Reel 46976, frame 248 | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Eventbrite, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 11, 2020 Reel 52629, frame 295 | Eventbrite, Inc. | Fp Credit Partners, L.p | Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2020 Reel 52937, frame 145 | FP Credit Partners L.P. | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Assignment and Assumption of Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 12, 2021 Reel 55583, frame 602 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Eventbrite, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 6, 2025 Reel 72958, frame 396 | Eventbrite, Inc. | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Sep 2031
Term ends Sep 15, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 55 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,397,984, US 8,608,054, US 8,833,642.
Citations
4
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
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.