Also listed on eBay Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 13, 2020 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ended Oct 25, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 25, 2026
Held by Stubhub, Inc.
Filed Dec 31, 2010 as application 12/983,014 · Granted Jun 26, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Oct 25, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 25, 2006
Oct 25, 2006
Term ended
Oct 25, 2026
Oct 25, 2026
Granted
Jun 26, 2012
Jun 26, 2012
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,917,398, to Oct 25, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Dec 31, 2010) | Oct 25, 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,917,398) | resolves to Oct 25, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Oct 25, 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 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,209,241 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2019 Reel 48729, frame 645 | Thomas, Eric; Ramamurthy, Ganesh; Salles, Benjamin; Sambhus, Mihir; Han, David | Stubhub, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 28, 2019 Reel 48729, frame 852 | Stubhub, Inc. | eBay Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,917,398, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 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.