Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 13, 2020 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Dec 28, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 25, 2026
Held by Stubhub, Inc.
Filed Aug 20, 2009 as application 12/544,615 · Granted Sep 20, 2011
Base term plus 64 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 25, 2006
Oct 25, 2006
Term ends
Dec 28, 2026
Dec 28, 2026
Granted
Sep 20, 2011
Sep 20, 2011
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
64
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.
23
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 64 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 Oct 25, 2006, when application 11/552,782, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 20, 2009) | Oct 25, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +64 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 28, 2026 | 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 | Dec 28, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,917,398 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,731,526 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,732,007 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 8,661,025 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 8,024,234 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,209,241 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,386,334 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,521,618 | Term ended no later than Oct 2026 | no later than Oct 2026 |
8 of 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2010 Reel 23926, frame 180 | Thomas, Eric; Ramamurthy, Ganesh; Salles, Benjamin; Sambhus, Mihir; Han, David | Stubhub, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 28, 2018 Reel 46725, frame 138 | Stubhub, Inc. | eBay Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 4, 2018 Reel 47014, frame 645 | Stubhub, Inc. | eBay Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Unexecuted to Executed Assignment Documentation Inside the Assignment. Previously Recorded at Reel: 046725 Frame: 0138. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jan 24, 2020 Reel 51693, frame 524 | eBay Inc. | Stubhub, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2020 Reel 51929, frame 645 | Stubhub, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 28, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 64 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
70
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2011 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.