Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 13, 2020 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Mar 18, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 31, 2028
Held by Stubhub, Inc.
Filed Oct 31, 2008 as application 12/262,468 · Granted May 20, 2014
Base term plus 868 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2031
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2008
Oct 31, 2008
Term ends
Mar 18, 2031
Mar 18, 2031
Granted
May 20, 2014
May 20, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
868
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.
23
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 868 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 31, 2008, when this application, 12/262,468, was filed | Oct 31, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +868 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 18, 2031 | 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 | Mar 18, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,917,398 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,731,526 | this patent Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,732,007 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 8,661,025 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 8,024,234 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,209,241 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,386,334 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,521,618 | Term ended no later than Oct 2026 | no later than Oct 2026 |
8 of 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2008 Reel 21768, frame 713 | Gibson, Ashley; Debussy, Adam | Stubhub, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 14, 2018 Reel 47533, frame 880 | Stubhub, Inc. | eBay Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 Reel 51693, frame 524 | eBay Inc. | Stubhub, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2020 Reel 51929, frame 645 | Stubhub, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Mar 2031
Term ends Mar 18, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 868 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
126
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.