Term ends Jun 2, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 8, 2026
Held by Uber Technologies, Inc.
Filed Dec 8, 2006 as application 11/608,791 · Granted Jul 10, 2012
Base term plus 542 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Dec 8, 2006
Dec 8, 2006
Term ends
Jun 2, 2028
Jun 2, 2028
Granted
Jul 10, 2012
Jul 10, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
542
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.
4
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 542 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 Dec 8, 2006, when this application, 11/608,791, was filed | Dec 8, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +542 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 2, 2028 | 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 | Jun 2, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,219,578 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 9,135,353 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 10,068,025 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 10,839,034 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2007 Reel 18833, frame 480 | Hendrey, Geoffrey; Poppen, Richard | Decarta Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 8, 2010 Reel 24640, frame 765 | Decarta, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Aug 6, 2012 Reel 28735, frame 375 | Silicon Valley Bank | Decarta, Inc. | Release |
| Apr 21, 2015 Reel 35462, frame 301 | Decarta Inc. | Decarta Inc. | Merger |
| Apr 29, 2015 Reel 35530, frame 942 | Magellan Merger Sub Corp.; Decarta Inc. | Decarta Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| May 6, 2015 Reel 35581, frame 194 | Decarta Inc.; Decarta LLC | Decarta LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| May 12, 2015 Reel 35622, frame 242 | Decarta LLC | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 14, 2016 Reel 39341, frame 8 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement (TERM Loan) |
| Jul 14, 2016 Reel 39341, frame 64 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement (REVOLVER) |
| Apr 6, 2018 Reel 45853, frame 418 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2018 Reel 49259, frame 64 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Administrative Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Number Previously Recorded at Reel: 45853 Frame: 418. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Mar 10, 2021 Reel 55547, frame 404 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Administrative Agent | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 11, 2024 Reel 69133, frame 140 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as Administrative Agent | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement (TERM Loan) at Reel 039341, Frame 0008 |
| Oct 3, 2024 Reel 69110, frame 508 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 2, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 542 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
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
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