Term ends May 23, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 23, 2037
Held by Aurora Operations, Inc.
Filed May 23, 2017 as application 15/602,244 · Granted Jan 5, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017
Term ends
May 23, 2037
May 23, 2037
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
Jan 5, 2021
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.
15
Family applications on record here
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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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 23, 2017, when this application, 15/602,244, was filed | May 23, 2037 | 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 23, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,489,721 | In force Dec 2037 | Dec 2037 |
| Application 15/602,204 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,762,447 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 10,501,091 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,884,902 | this patent May 2037 | May 2037 |
| Application 15/602,277 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,789,835 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,262,471 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
8 of 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2017 Reel 42730, frame 65 | Bradley, David McAllister; Kislovskiy, Dima | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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. |
| Jan 8, 2021 Reel 54940, frame 765 | UATC, LLC | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 2, 2022 Reel 59692, frame 345 | UATC, LLC | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignment Document Previously Recorded at Reel: 054940 Frame: 0765. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jun 14, 2024 Reel 67733, frame 1 | UATC, LLC | Aurora Operations, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 4, 2025 Reel 70393, frame 307 | UATC, LLC | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Number Previously Recorded at Reel: 59692 Frame: 345. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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What's changing
May 2037
Term ends May 23, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
51
later US patents cite this one
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