Term ends Sep 2, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 28, 2026
Held by eBay Inc.
Filed Jan 23, 2015 as application 14/604,435 · Granted May 14, 2019
Base term plus 278 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Nov 28, 2006
Nov 28, 2006
Term ends
Sep 2, 2027
Sep 2, 2027
Granted
May 14, 2019
May 14, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
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
278
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,943,181, to Sep 2, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 runs 278 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 Nov 28, 2006, when application 11/605,066, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 23, 2015) | Nov 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +278 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 2, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,943,181) | resolves to Sep 2, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 2, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,943,181 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 10,291,716 | this patent Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 11,233,857 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 11,647,081 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 12,309,232 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 19/187,386 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2015 Reel 34803, frame 311 | Kasten, Christopher J; Chernyshev, Igor; Seitz, Greg | eBay Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Sep 2027
Term ends Sep 2, 2027.
Note
The 278 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,943,181, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2019 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.