Term ends Aug 1, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 17, 2026
Held by Uber Technologies, Inc.
Filed Aug 17, 2006 as application 11/465,154 · Granted Aug 4, 2009
Base term plus 349 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Aug 17, 2006
Aug 17, 2006
Term ends
Aug 1, 2027
Aug 1, 2027
Granted
Aug 4, 2009
Aug 4, 2009
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
349
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
4
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 349 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Aug 17, 2006, when this application, 11/465,154, was filed | Aug 17, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +349 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 1, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 1, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,570,158 | this patent Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,384,539 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,902,084 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application 17/247,807 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2006 Reel 18126, frame 883 | Denny, Michael; Shrum, Edgar; Tischer, Steven; Walker, Wade | BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 18, 2013 Reel 29656, frame 237 | AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 18, 2013 Reel 29660, frame 786 | BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation | AT&T Intellectual Property, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 18, 2013 Reel 29660, frame 803 | AT&T Intellectual Property, Inc. | AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 18, 2013 Reel 29660, frame 822 | AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc. | AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 2, 2018 Reel 44977, frame 872 | Denny, Michael; Shrum, Edgar, JR.; Tischer, Steven; Walker, Wade | BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Second Inventor Names Previously Recorded at Reel: 018126 Frame: 0883. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment . |
| Feb 9, 2018 Reel 44884, frame 359 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2018 Reel 45853, frame 418 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2018 Reel 49259, frame 64 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Administrative Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Number Previously Recorded at Reel: 45853 Frame: 418. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Oct 18, 2019 Reel 50767, frame 109 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 10, 2021 Reel 55547, frame 404 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Administrative Agent | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 11, 2024 Reel 69133, frame 167 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as Administrative Agent | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement (TERM Loan) at Reel 050767, Frame 0076 |
| Oct 3, 2024 Reel 69110, frame 508 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 1, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 349 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
88
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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