Term ends no later than May 17, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 24, 2026
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Uber Technologies, Inc.
Filed Mar 24, 2006 as application 11/389,669 · Granted May 25, 2010
Base term plus 785 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Mar 24, 2006
Mar 24, 2006
Ends no later than
May 17, 2028
May 17, 2028
Granted
May 25, 2010
May 25, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
785
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
43
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 785 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Mar 24, 2006, when this application, 11/389,669, was filed | Mar 24, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +785 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 17, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (filed), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than May 17, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 10/955,966 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 10/974,555 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,747,579 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 8,341,522 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 9,098,826 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 10,514,816 | Term ended Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| Application 11/000,687 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,798,401 | Term ended Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
8 of 43 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 31, 2006 Reel 18138, frame 394 | Jung, Edward K.y.; Levien, Royce A.; Lord, Robert W.; Malamud, Mark A.; Rinaldo, John D., JR.; Wood, Lowell L. Jr. | Searete LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 16, 2010 Reel 24542, frame 260 | Searete LLC | The Invention Science Fund I, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 11, 2018 Reel 44603, frame 987 | The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. | Modern Geographia, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 23, 2019 Reel 49841, frame 19 | Modern Geographia, LLC | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Patent Assignment Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2028
Term ends no later than May 17, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 785 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (filed) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than May 17, 2028. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
199
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.