Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 3, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends May 24, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 19, 2028
Held by Lyft, Inc.
Filed Jul 9, 2018 as application 16/030,823 · Granted Jul 7, 2020
Base term plus 95 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Feb 19, 2008
Feb 19, 2008
Term ends
May 24, 2028
May 24, 2028
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Jul 7, 2020
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
95
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 8,543,721, to May 24, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
7
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 95 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 1 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 Feb 19, 2008, when application 12/033,082, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 9, 2018) | Feb 19, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +95 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 24, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,543,721) | resolves to May 24, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 24, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,543,721 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 8,904,029 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 9,241,023 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 9,705,983 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| US 10,021,178 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
| US 10,708,351 | this patent May 2028 | May 2028 |
| Application 16/918,435 | Abandoned 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 18, 2019 Reel 48097, frame 402 | Prosper Technology, LLC | Lyft, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 3, 2022 Reel 61880, frame 237 | Lyft, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2028
Term ends May 24, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 95 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 8,543,721, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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.