Term ended Jul 18, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 18, 2026
Held by Shopify, Inc.
Filed Jul 18, 2006 as application 11/458,285 · Granted Aug 18, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jul 18, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jul 18, 2006
Jul 18, 2006
Term ended
Jul 18, 2026
Jul 18, 2026
Granted
Aug 18, 2009
Aug 18, 2009
base term
after the term ends
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.
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.
8
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. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 18, 2006, when this application, 11/458,285, was filed | Jul 18, 2026 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 18, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,575,163 | this patent Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,794,519 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 9,342,847 | Term ended no later than Jul 2026 | no later than Jul 2026 |
| US 9,619,791 | Term ended no later than Jul 2026 | no later than Jul 2026 |
| US 10,269,053 | Term ended no later than Jul 2026 | no later than Jul 2026 |
| US 10,664,886 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 11,068,956 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 11,455,673 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2006 Reel 18043, frame 318 | Malik, Dale W | BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 12, 2019 Reel 49444, frame 492 | BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation | AT&T Intellectual Property, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 12, 2019 Reel 49444, frame 645 | AT&T Intellectual Property, Inc. | AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 12, 2019 Reel 49444, frame 768 | AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc. | AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 12, 2019 Reel 49444, frame 938 | AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 14, 2019 Reel 51004, frame 895 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Shopify, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
30
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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