Lapsed Oct 27, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 2, 2027
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Maplebear Inc.
Filed Apr 2, 2007 as application 11/732,508 · Granted Oct 27, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 27, 2021
2007
2027
Clock starts
Apr 2, 2007
Apr 2, 2007
No longer in force
Oct 27, 2021
Oct 27, 2021
Granted
Oct 27, 2009
Oct 27, 2009
Term would have run to
Apr 2, 2027
Apr 2, 2027
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.
2 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.
Its term would have run to Apr 2, 2027: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Apr 2, 2007, when this application, 11/732,508, was filed | Apr 2, 2027 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 27, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 27, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,698,392 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 7,610,056 | this patent Oct 2021 | Oct 2021 |
| US 9,009,265 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 8,015,253 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2008/077439 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,049,243 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| Application 12/692,458 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 12/692,476 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2007 Reel 19530, frame 299 | Zapata, Charles B.; Shapiro, Daniel J. | Ontela, Inc., a Washington Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 5, 2010 Reel 24797, frame 954 | Ontela, Inc. | Photobucket Corporation | Change of Name |
| Apr 18, 2016 Reel 38303, frame 453 | Photobucket Corporation | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
| Jun 20, 2018 Reel 46143, frame 700 | Photobucket Corporation | Photobucket.com, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 30, 2018 Reel 46503, frame 629 | Pacific Western Bank | Photobucket Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 11, 2023 Reel 65830, frame 873 | Photobucket.com Inc. | RPX Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 12, 2025 Reel 72412, frame 919 | Barings Finance LLC | RPX Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Specified Patents |
| Aug 19, 2025 Reel 72057, frame 786 | RPX Corporation | Maplebear Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
43
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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