Also listed on Shopkeep Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 28, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 28, 2031
Held by Lightspeed Commerce USA Inc.
Filed Feb 28, 2011 as application 13/037,048 · Granted Apr 19, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Feb 28, 2011
Feb 28, 2011
Term ends
Feb 28, 2031
Feb 28, 2031
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Apr 19, 2016
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
14
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 28, 2011, when this application, 13/037,048, was filed | Feb 28, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 28, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,317,844 | this patent Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,965,755 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| Application 14/639,877 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/676,146 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,030,598 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 10,735,304 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| Application 15/065,455 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,699,261 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2011 Reel 26043, frame 832 | Richelson, Jason; Walton, Bill | Shopkeep LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 5, 2016 Reel 40231, frame 136 | Shopkeep.com Inc. | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
| Oct 24, 2016 Reel 40103, frame 946 | Shopkeep.com Inc. | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Security Interest |
| Apr 26, 2018 Reel 45644, frame 641 | Shopkeep.com, Inc. | Shopkeep Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 10, 2018 Reel 47124, frame 1 | Shopkeep Inc. | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Security Interest |
| May 13, 2019 Reel 49155, frame 817 | Shopkeep LLC | Shopkeep.com Inc. | Merger |
| May 22, 2019 Reel 49253, frame 248 | Shopkeep.com Inc. | Shopkeep Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 14, 2020 Reel 52659, frame 241 | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Shopkeep Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 27, 2020 Reel 54477, frame 805 | Pacific Western Bank | Shopkeep Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 2, 2020 Reel 54519, frame 407 | Orix Growth Capital LLC | Shopkeep Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 8, 2020 Reel 54572, frame 166 | Shopkeep Inc. | Lightspeed Commerce USA Inc. | Merger |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Feb 2031
Term ends Feb 28, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
34
later US patents cite this one
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