Term ends Dec 31, 2034 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 17, 2035
Grace period ended Nov 6, 2026 · no payment on record as of the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · lapse expected
Held by Uber Technologies, Inc.
Filed Dec 19, 2017 as application 15/846,858 · Granted Nov 6, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Jun 17, 2015
Jun 17, 2015
Term ends
Dec 31, 2034
Dec 31, 2034
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Nov 6, 2018
base term
after the term ends
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,853,967.
1 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.
6
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 resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Low: the grace period for its second maintenance fee ended Nov 6, 2026 with no payment on record. 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 Jun 17, 2015, when application 14/742,273, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 19, 2017) | Jun 17, 2035 | 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 9,853,967) | capped to Dec 31, 2034 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case"; the grace period ended with no payment on record in the fee file | grace period ended Nov 6, 2026 | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 31, 2034 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 9,762,601 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2016/037454 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,723,469 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 9,883,371 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 10,123,199 | this patent Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 10,301,867 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2019 Reel 50767, frame 109 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 24, 2019 Reel 50817, frame 600 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Patent Security Agreement Supplement |
| 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 167 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as Administrative Agent | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement (TERM Loan) at Reel 050767, Frame 0076 |
| Oct 3, 2024 Reel 69110, frame 508 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 6
Grace period ended Nov 6, 2026 with no payment on record. The term ends early once USPTO posts the lapse
Dec 2034
Term ends Dec 31, 2034.
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,853,967.
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 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.