Term ends May 11, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 11, 2035
Held by UATC, LLC
Filed May 17, 2019 as application 16/414,979 · Granted May 26, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015
Term ends
May 11, 2035
May 11, 2035
Granted
May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
8
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. 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 May 11, 2015, when application 14/708,611, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 17, 2019) | May 11, 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 | None on record | no cap applied | 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 | May 11, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,616,773 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2016/031929 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,790,729 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,909,349 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,963,926 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,329,827 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,662,696 | this patent May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 11,505,984 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2019 Reel 49209, frame 250 | Bradley, David McAllister; Valois, Jean-sebastien | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 26, 2020 Reel 52230, frame 705 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | UATC, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 2, 2020 Reel 54637, frame 41 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | UATC, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2020 Reel 54805, frame 1 | UATC, LLC | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 7, 2021 Reel 54919, frame 26 | UATC, LLC | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 8, 2021 Reel 54940, frame 279 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | UATC, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 12, 2022 Reel 58717, frame 527 | UATC, LLC | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Inclusion of Several Serial Numbers Previously Recorded at Reel: 054805 Frame: 0002. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Mar 2, 2022 Reel 59692, frame 280 | UATC, LLC | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignment Document Previously Recorded at Reel: 054919 Frame: 0026. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jul 20, 2022 Reel 60776, frame 897 | UATC, LLC | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the to Remove the Line Through Application/Serial Numbers Previously Recorded at Reel: 054805 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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What's changing
May 2035
Term ends May 11, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
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