Term ends May 26, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 13, 2035
Held by Aurora Operations, Inc.
Filed Nov 11, 2016 as application 15/349,793 · Granted Nov 13, 2018
Base term plus 13 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
May 13, 2015
May 13, 2015
Term ends
May 26, 2035
May 26, 2035
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
13
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
14
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 13 days past its 20-year base term on 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 May 13, 2015, when application 14/711,506, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 11, 2016) | May 13, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +13 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 26, 2035 | 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 | May 26, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,494,439 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,547,309 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,345,809 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2016/032549 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,933,779 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,126,742 | this patent May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,940,651 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,163,139 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
8 of 14 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 12, 2019 Reel 50353, frame 884 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | UATC, LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 27, 2019 Reel 51145, frame 1 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | UATC, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance from Change of Name to Assignment Previously Recorded on Reel 050353 Frame 0884. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Conveyance Should Be Assignment. |
| Mar 29, 2024 Reel 66952, frame 785 | Ross, William; Bares, John; Larose, David; Sweeney, Matthew | 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
May 2035
Term ends May 26, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 13 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.