Collateral for a security interest recorded May 11, 2020 (FP Credit Partners, L.P).
Term ends Sep 15, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 15, 2031
Held by Eventbrite, Inc.
Filed Sep 24, 2015 as application 14/864,479 · Granted Feb 7, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Sep 15, 2011
Sep 15, 2011
Term ends
Sep 15, 2031
Sep 15, 2031
Granted
Feb 7, 2017
Feb 7, 2017
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Sep 15, 2011, when application 13/234,000, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 24, 2015) | Sep 15, 2031 | 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 | 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 | Sep 15, 2031 | High 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 | In force (reinstated) Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,563,859 | this patent 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 25, 2015 Reel 36662, frame 264 | Bascombe, Simon M. | Eventbrite, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's 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
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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