Term ends Oct 5, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 19, 2026
Held by Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Filed Nov 10, 2010 as application 12/943,488 · Granted Dec 10, 2013
Base term plus 473 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Jun 19, 2006
Jun 19, 2006
Term ends
Oct 5, 2027
Oct 5, 2027
Granted
Dec 10, 2013
Dec 10, 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
473
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.
7
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 473 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 Jun 19, 2006, when application 11/425,066, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 10, 2010) | Jun 19, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +473 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 5, 2027 | 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 | Oct 5, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,912,574 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 8,606,392 | this patent Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 9,519,284 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| US 10,133,267 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 10,067,501 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 10,990,088 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 10,809,706 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2010 Reel 25344, frame 948 | Wurman, Peter R.; D'Andrea, Raffaello (Nmi); Barbehenn, Michael T.; Hoffman, Andrew E.; Mountz, Michael C. | Kiva Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 3, 2012 Reel 29067, frame 557 | Kiva Systems, Inc. | Kiva Systems, LLC | Change of Name |
| Oct 4, 2012 Reel 29076, frame 301 | Kiva Systems LLC | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2027
Term ends Oct 5, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 473 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
193
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 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
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