2,947 patents currently held
14 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
The next term ends in Nov 2026. from the record
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Ending by 2030
Nov 2026
Next term end
1,647
Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
fee due within 90 days
all others
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
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Jul 2031 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends May 2027 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Jul 2029 · High confidence
Payment Processing Methods and Systems
US 9,305,295
Cited by 444 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2031.
Location-Based Services
US 8,326,315
Cited by 515 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2027.
Dynamic Content for Online Transactions
US 8,028,041
Cited by 277 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2029.
Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 13 fees due Nov 28 to 30, 2026 · next Nov 28
- 68 fees due Dec 4 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 4
- 59 fees due Jan 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 2
- 54 fees due Feb 1 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 1
- 50 fees due Mar 1 to 29, 2027 · next Mar 1
- 74 fees due Apr 1 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 1
- 59 fees due May 3 to 28, 2027 · next May 3
- 52 fees due Jun 1 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 1
- 52 fees due Jul 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 2
- 67 fees due Aug 2 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 2
- 65 fees due Sep 1 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 1
- 41 fees due Oct 2 to 30, 2027 · next Oct 2
- 23 fees due Nov 3 to 14, 2027 · next Nov 3
Recent changes
- Oct 26Assignment recorded on 1 record: Solana Lopez, Eduardo Alejandro to PayPal, Inc. Recorded Oct 26, 2026, executed Jun 16, 2023. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76511, frame 76.
- 38 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 17, 2026
- 35 terms have ended since Aug 17, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 1,647 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Mobile Phone Payment Processing Methods and Systems | 24 in force | to Oct 2032 |
| Unified Identity Services for Multi-Tenant Architectures | 11 in force | to Jun 2041 |
| Secure Elements Broker (SEB) for Application Communication Channel Selector Optimization | 11 in force | to Nov 2033 |
| In-Store Card Activation | 9 in force | to Aug 2034 |
| Systems and Methods for Interfacing with a Website to Modify Content | 9 in force | to Nov 2033 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 8,898,082 | Network-Based Consumer Transactions with Credit Accounts In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 10,776,790 | Online Fraud Prevention Using Genetic Algorithm Solution In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,321,341 | Online Fraud Prevention Using Genetic Algorithm Solution In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,725,403 | Method and System to Verify a Transaction In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,454,774 | System and Method to Promote a Publication In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,053,091 | Header-Token Driven Automatic Text Segmentation In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,529,862 | Header-Token Driven Automatic Text Segmentation In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,729,482 | Media Streaming Over Peer to Peer Network In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,868,781 | Video Mail Through Peer to Peer Network In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,719,159 | Method and System for Offering a Credit Product by a Credit Issuer to a Consumer at a Point-Of-Sale In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 2,947: 14 patents in force now held by others · 573 patents ended · 384 applications pending · 1,177 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.