Lapsed Sep 11, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 3, 2029
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Stripe, Inc.
Filed Jun 3, 2009 as application 12/477,275 · Granted Sep 11, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 362 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 11, 2024
2009
2030
Clock starts
Jun 3, 2009
Jun 3, 2009
No longer in force
Sep 11, 2024
Sep 11, 2024
Granted
Sep 11, 2012
Sep 11, 2012
Term would have run to
May 31, 2030
May 31, 2030
base term
patent term adjustment
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
362
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
9
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 May 31, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 362 days of term 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 Jun 3, 2009, when this application, 12/477,275, was filed | Jun 3, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +362 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 31, 2030 | 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 Sep 11, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 11, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,265,658 | this patent Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 9,098,723 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 9,763,048 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| Application 12/860,252 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,588,819 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 9,338,601 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 9,641,393 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 9,674,665 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2009 Reel 22772, frame 142 | Issa, Alfredo C.; Kandekar, Kunal; Curtis, Scott; Walsh, Richard J. | Kota Enterprises, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 19, 2010 Reel 24859, frame 855 | Kota Enterprises, LLC | Waldeck Technology, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 24, 2015 Reel 36433, frame 382 | Waldeck Technology, LLC | Concert Debt, LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2015 Reel 36515, frame 495 | Concert Technology Corporation | Concert Debt, LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 13, 2017 Reel 44391, frame 407 | Concert Debt, LLC | Waldeck Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 13, 2017 Reel 44391, frame 438 | Concert Debt, LLC | Concert Technology Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 11, 2018 Reel 44591, frame 775 | Concert Debt, LLC | Concert Technology Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 11, 2018 Reel 44591, frame 845 | Concert Debt, LLC | Waldeck Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2018 Reel 45061, frame 144 | Waldeck Technology, LLC | IP3 2017, Series 200 of Allied Security Trust I | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 17, 2019 Reel 48418, frame 108 | IP3 2017, Series 200 of Allied Security Trust I | Cria, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 2, 2021 Reel 57044, frame 753 | Cria, Inc. | Stripe, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Note
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Citations
293
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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