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US 12,731,272 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 20, 2026 (Barclays Bank PLC).

Term ends Nov 20, 2035 · Low confidence

Held by Carvana, LLC
Filed Sep 30, 2024 as application 18/901,317 · Granted Sep 8, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2015
Term ends
Nov 20, 2035
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,284,794, US 11,095,837, US 11,616,919, US 12,106,495, to Nov 20, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
6
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 20, 2015, when application 14/947,842, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 30, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Nov 20, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,284,794, US 11,095,837, US 11,616,919, US 12,106,495)resolves to Nov 20, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: 18126972, 17403064, 16404335, 15711055Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 20, 2035Low confidence

This family

US 9,998,663In force
Apr 2036
Apr 2036
US 10,284,794In force
Nov 2035
Nov 2035
US 11,095,837In force
Nov 2035
Nov 2035
US 11,616,919In force
Nov 2035
Nov 2035
US 12,106,495In force
Nov 2035
Nov 2035
US 12,731,272this patent
Nov 2035
Nov 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 30, 2024
Reel 68737, frame 557
Francois, Bruno; Schindler, GrantCAR360 Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 30, 2024
Reel 68737, frame 622
CAR360, Inc.Carvana, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 20, 2026
Reel 76233, frame 885
Carvana, LLCBarclays Bank PLCPatent Security Agreement

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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