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Automatic Event Categorization for Event Ticket Network Systems

US 8,756,178 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded May 11, 2020 (FP Credit Partners, L.P).

Term ends Jun 29, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Oct 21, 2011 as application 13/278,902 · Granted Jun 17, 2014
Base term plus 252 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2032
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2011
Term ends
Jun 29, 2032
Granted
Jun 17, 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
252
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 252 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 21, 2011, when this application, 13/278,902, was filedOct 21, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+252 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 29, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 29, 2032High confidence

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US 8,756,178this patent
Jun 2032
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US 9,064,212In force
Oct 2031
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 21, 2011
Reel 27102, frame 192
Bruckhaus, Tilmann; Sharma, VipulEventbrite, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 6, 2017
Reel 42926, frame 727
Eventbrite, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Security Interest
Jul 6, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Eventbrite, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.Security Interest
Jul 6, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Eventbrite, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Security Interest
May 29, 2018
Reel 46251, frame 72
Eventbrite, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Security Interest
Sep 26, 2018
Reel 46976, frame 248
Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Eventbrite, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 11, 2020
Reel 52629, frame 295
Eventbrite, Inc.Fp Credit Partners, L.pSecurity Interest
Jun 15, 2020
Reel 52937, frame 145
FP Credit Partners L.P.Wilmington Trust, National AssociationAssignment and Assumption of Patent Security Agreement
Mar 12, 2021
Reel 55583, frame 602
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationEventbrite, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Aug 6, 2025
Reel 72958, frame 396
Eventbrite, Inc.First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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