Term ends May 27, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 20, 2029
Held by Stripe, LLC
Filed Dec 18, 2019 as application 16/718,861 · Granted Nov 15, 2022
Base term plus 96 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Feb 20, 2009
Feb 20, 2009
Term ends
May 27, 2029
May 27, 2029
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Nov 15, 2022
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
96
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 8,577,804, to May 27, 2029. 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.
10
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 96 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 20, 2009, when application 12/390,003, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 18, 2019) | Feb 20, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +96 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 27, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,577,804) | resolves to May 27, 2029, 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 27, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,577,804 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 9,159,061 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 9,852,426 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 9,361,611 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 9,530,125 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| Application 15/374,628 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,068,890 | In force no later than Oct 2029 | no later than Oct 2029 |
| US 11,501,298 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2019 Reel 51517, frame 712 | Bacastow, Steven V. | Collective Dynamics LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 30, 2021 Reel 56725, frame 275 | Collective Dynamics, LLC | Stripe, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 30, 2026 Reel 74572, frame 284 | Stripe, Inc. | Stripe, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2029
Term ends May 27, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 96 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 8,577,804, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2022 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.