Also listed on I4 Licensing LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 8, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 9, 2027
Held by eBay Inc.
Filed Jan 9, 2007 as application 11/651,141 · Granted Oct 8, 2013
Base term plus 730 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Jan 9, 2007
Jan 9, 2007
Term ends
Jan 8, 2029
Jan 8, 2029
Granted
Oct 8, 2013
Oct 8, 2013
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
730
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.
9
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 730 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 Jan 9, 2007, when this application, 11/651,141, was filed | Jan 9, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +730 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 8, 2029 | 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 | Jan 8, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,554,669 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 8,719,159 | In force no later than Jan 2027 | no later than Jan 2027 |
| US 9,412,132 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 9,684,931 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 10,068,289 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 10,949,920 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 11,847,692 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 11,922,494 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2007 Reel 19202, frame 492 | Keithley, Thomas H., MR. | I4 Licensing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2007 Reel 19932, frame 577 | I4 Commerce Inc. | Bill Me Later, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 9, 2007 Reel 19933, frame 357 | I4 Licensing LLC | Bill Me Later, Inc. | Merger |
| Oct 24, 2007 Reel 20008, frame 163 | I4 Licensing LLC | Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. | Security Agreement |
| Sep 18, 2008 Reel 21550, frame 374 | Bill Me Later, Inc. | Citibank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Nov 7, 2008 Reel 21803, frame 906 | Citibank, N.a. | Bill Me Later, Inc. | Release of Security Agreement |
| Jul 23, 2015 Reel 36163, frame 596 | eBay Inc. | PayPal, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 3, 2016 Reel 38449, frame 678 | Bill Me Later, Inc. | eBay Inc. | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 8, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 730 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
49
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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