Term ends Oct 18, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 18, 2027
Held by Shopify, Inc.
Filed Jul 27, 2012 as application 13/559,650 · Granted Jan 7, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Oct 18, 2007
Oct 18, 2007
Term ends
Oct 18, 2027
Oct 18, 2027
Granted
Jan 7, 2014
Jan 7, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
3
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 18, 2007, when application 11/874,660, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 27, 2012) | Oct 18, 2027 | 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 | 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 18, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,580,699 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,254,881 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 8,626,200 | this patent Oct 2027 | Oct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2012 Reel 28652, frame 946 | Shaw, Venson; Sennett, Dewayne; Daly, Brian K.; Evora, Robert; Henry, Coulter, J. | AT&T Mobility II LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 Reel 48389, frame 612 | Shaw, Venson; Sennett, Dewayne; Daly, Brian K.; Evora, Robert; Henry, Coulter, JR. | AT&T Mobility II LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Suffix of the 5TH Named Inventor, Coulter Henry, JR. Previously Recorded on Reel 028652 Frame 0946. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 14, 2019 Reel 51005, frame 25 | AT&T Mobility II LLC | Shopify, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2027
Term ends Oct 18, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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