Term ends Dec 31, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 17, 2035
Held by Uber Technologies, Inc.
Filed Oct 3, 2018 as application 16/150,656 · Granted May 28, 2019
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
May 28, 2019
May 28, 2019
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 10,123,199, US 9,883,371.
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: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| 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 Oct 3, 2018) | 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 10,123,199, US 9,883,371) | capped to Dec 31, 2034 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 31, 2034 | High 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 | Grace period ended Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 10,301,867 | this patent 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
Dec 2034
Term ends Dec 31, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,123,199, US 9,883,371.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
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