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Method and System for Communicating Location of a Mobile Device for Hands-Free Payment

US 8,838,477 In force
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Term ends Jun 20, 2032 · High confidence

Held by Stripe, LLC
Filed Mar 16, 2012 as application 13/422,795 · Granted Sep 16, 2014
Base term plus 96 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Mar 16, 2012
Term ends
Jun 20, 2032
Granted
Sep 16, 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
96
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.
6
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 96 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 Mar 16, 2012, when this application, 13/422,795, was filedMar 16, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+96 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 20, 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 20, 2032High confidence

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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
May 9, 2012
Reel 28181, frame 859
Moshfeghi, MehranGolba LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 27, 2016
Reel 39560, frame 448
Golba LLCIP3, Series 100 of Allied Security Trust IAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 10, 2017
Reel 42201, frame 252
IP3, Series 100 of Allied Security Trust ICria, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 2, 2021
Reel 57044, frame 753
Cria, Inc.Stripe, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 6, 2026
Reel 75020, frame 639
Stripe, Inc.Stripe, LLCChange of Name

Sources

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

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