Term ends Oct 9, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 9, 2033
Held by Aurora Operations, Inc.
Filed Nov 10, 2017 as application 15/809,666 · Granted Nov 13, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Oct 9, 2013
Oct 9, 2013
Term ends
Oct 9, 2033
Oct 9, 2033
Granted
Nov 13, 2018
Nov 13, 2018
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,823,351, to Oct 9, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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 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 Oct 9, 2013, when application 14/050,036, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 10, 2017) | Oct 9, 2033 | 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 9,823,351) | resolves to Oct 9, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Oct 9, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,823,351 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2013/075868 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,126,426 | this patent Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2019 Reel 50912, frame 757 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Utac, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 3, 2020 Reel 52084, frame 590 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | UATC, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Data Previously Recorded on Reel 050912 Frame 0757. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Receiving Party Data/Assignee Should Be Uatc, LLC. |
| Mar 10, 2020 Reel 52133, frame 436 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | UATC, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Correct Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 050912 Frame: 0757. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Mar 29, 2024 Reel 66954, frame 33 | Haslim, James A.; Schwarz, Brent S.; Iturraran, Nicholas M.; Karasoff, Michael D. | Odin Wave, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 29, 2024 Reel 66954, frame 42 | Odin Wave, LLC | Pouch Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 29, 2024 Reel 66954, frame 46 | Pouch Holdings, LLC | Tyto Lidar, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 29, 2024 Reel 66954, frame 49 | Tyto Lidar, LLC | Ottomotto LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 29, 2024 Reel 66954, frame 55 | Ottomotto LLC | Apparate International C.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 29, 2024 Reel 66954, frame 150 | Apparate International C.V. | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 14, 2024 Reel 67733, frame 1 | UATC, LLC | Aurora Operations, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2033
Term ends Oct 9, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,823,351, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
6
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
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.