Term ends Dec 12, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 12, 2026
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,542,707), so the cap could be lower.
Held by eBay Inc.
Filed Dec 12, 2019 as application 16/711,702 · Granted Oct 31, 2023
Base term plus 381 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Dec 12, 2006
Dec 12, 2006
Term ends
Dec 12, 2026
Dec 12, 2026
Granted
Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
base term
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
381
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,521,827, US 8,612,569, US 9,542,707.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
3
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 381 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. No maintenance fee can end this term early. Confidence: Medium. 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 Dec 12, 2006, when application 11/637,641, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 12, 2019) | Dec 12, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +381 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 28, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,521,827, US 8,612,569, US 9,542,707) | capped to Dec 12, 2026 | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No maintenance fee can end the term early | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 12, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,612,569 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 10,521,827 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 11,803,878 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
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 9, 2020 Reel 51468, frame 474 | Douglas, Daniel G.; Goldberg, Arnold J.; Forth, Aaron K.; McCaffery, Joseph D. | eBay Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 12, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 381 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,521,827, US 8,612,569, US 9,542,707.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2023 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.