Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 24, 2026 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Apr 4, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 14, 2028
Held by Upwork Inc.
Filed Apr 6, 2010 as application 12/755,304 · Granted Apr 15, 2014
Base term plus 172 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Oct 14, 2008
Oct 14, 2008
Term ends
Apr 4, 2029
Apr 4, 2029
Granted
Apr 15, 2014
Apr 15, 2014
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
172
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.
2
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 172 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 Oct 14, 2008, when application 12/287,994, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 6, 2010) | Oct 14, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +172 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 4, 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 | Apr 4, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,380,709 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,700,614 | this patent Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2010 Reel 24425, frame 533 | Diller, Jonathan Paul; Song, Sunny Sunmin | Elance, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2026 Reel 75799, frame 820 | Elance-Odesk, Inc. | Upwork Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 22, 2026 Reel 75864, frame 790 | Elance, Inc. | Runway Parent Corp. | Merger |
| Jun 22, 2026 Reel 75864, frame 898 | Runway Parent Corp. | Elance-Odesk, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 24, 2026 Reel 75067, frame 641 | Elance LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 4, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 172 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
23
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.
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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.