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US 8,943,574 In force
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Term ends May 27, 2032 · High confidence

Filed May 27, 2011 as application 13/117,599 · Granted Jan 27, 2015
Base term plus 366 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2032
Clock starts
May 27, 2011
Term ends
May 27, 2032
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
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
366
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.
8
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 366 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 May 27, 2011, when this application, 13/117,599, was filedMay 27, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+366 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 27, 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 orderMay 27, 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 27, 2011
Reel 26354, frame 159
Bailey, Bryan T.; Romer, John; Doyle, Chris; Gifford, Jeremy; Zibart, KevinFifth Third Processing Solutions, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 12, 2011
Reel 27048, frame 60
Fifth Third Processing Solutions, LLCVantiv, LLCChange of Name
May 30, 2013
Reel 30512, frame 587
Vantiv, LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Agreement
Oct 11, 2017
Reel 44174, frame 15
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Resigning AgentMorgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Successor AgentNotice of Assignment of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Aug 6, 2018
Reel 46723, frame 234
Vantiv, LLCWorldpay, LLCChange of Name
Aug 1, 2019
Reel 49944, frame 89
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Successor-in-Interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.Vantiv, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Releases RF 30512/0587)
Feb 19, 2024
Reel 66624, frame 719
Worldpay, LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 19, 2024
Reel 66626, frame 655
Worldpay, LLCWilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 12, 2026
Reel 74314, frame 622
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentWorldpay, LLC; Worldpay Iso and Ecommerce, LLC; Paymetric, LLC; Worldpay US, LLCRelease of Security Interests Recorded at Reel/Frames 066626/0655, 066625/0426, 066625/0347, and 066625/0276
Jan 12, 2026
Reel 74315, frame 412
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentWorldpay, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at R/F 066624/0719
Jan 12, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentWorldpay, LLCRelease of Security Interests Recorded at Reel/Frames 066626/0655, 066625/0426, 066625/0347, and 066625/0276
Jan 12, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentWorldpay Iso and Ecommerce, LLCRelease of Security Interests Recorded at Reel/Frames 066626/0655, 066625/0426, 066625/0347, and 066625/0276
Jan 12, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentPaymetric, LLCRelease of Security Interests Recorded at Reel/Frames 066626/0655, 066625/0426, 066625/0347, and 066625/0276
Jan 12, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentWorldpay US, LLCRelease of Security Interests Recorded at Reel/Frames 066626/0655, 066625/0426, 066625/0347, and 066625/0276

Sources

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