Term ends Oct 28, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 3, 2029
Held by Stripe, LLC
Filed Nov 12, 2013 as application 14/077,591 · Granted May 10, 2016
Base term plus 147 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jun 3, 2009
Jun 3, 2009
Term ends
Oct 28, 2029
Oct 28, 2029
Granted
May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016
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
147
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
9
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 147 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Jun 3, 2009, when application 12/477,275, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 12, 2013) | Jun 3, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +147 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 28, 2029 | 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 | Oct 28, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,265,658 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 9,098,723 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 9,763,048 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| Application 12/860,252 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,588,819 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 9,338,601 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 9,641,393 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 9,674,665 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2014 Reel 32948, frame 950 | Issa, Alfredo C.; Kandekar, Kunal; Curtis, Scott; Walsh, Richard J. | Kota Enterprises, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 22, 2014 Reel 32995, frame 131 | Kota Enterprises, LLC | Waldeck Technology, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 24, 2015 Reel 36433, frame 382 | Waldeck Technology, LLC | Concert Debt, LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2015 Reel 36515, frame 495 | Concert Technology Corporation | Concert Debt, LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 13, 2017 Reel 44391, frame 407 | Concert Debt, LLC | Waldeck Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 13, 2017 Reel 44391, frame 438 | Concert Debt, LLC | Concert Technology Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 11, 2018 Reel 44591, frame 775 | Concert Debt, LLC | Concert Technology Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 11, 2018 Reel 44591, frame 845 | Concert Debt, LLC | Waldeck Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2018 Reel 45061, frame 144 | Waldeck Technology, LLC | IP3 2017, Series 200 of Allied Security Trust I | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 16, 2019 Reel 48082, frame 767 | IP3 2017, Series 200 of Allied Security Trust I | Cria, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 2, 2021 Reel 57044, frame 753 | Cria, Inc. | Stripe, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 30, 2026 Reel 74572, frame 294 | Stripe, Inc. | Stripe, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 28, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 147 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2016 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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