Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 1, 2023 (Ally Bank).
Term ends Mar 15, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 22, 2034
Held by Carvana, LLC
Filed Jan 22, 2014 as application 14/161,254 · Granted Aug 9, 2016
Base term plus 417 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2035
Clock starts
Jan 22, 2014
Jan 22, 2014
Term ends
Mar 15, 2035
Mar 15, 2035
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
Aug 9, 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
417
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.
5
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 417 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 Jan 22, 2014, when this application, 14/161,254, was filed | Jan 22, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +417 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 15, 2035 | 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 | Mar 15, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,412,203 | this patent Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| US 10,423,995 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 11,704,708 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 12,277,585 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| Application 19/085,846 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2014 Reel 32288, frame 135 | Garcia, Ernest C., III; Behrens, Nicole; Swofford, Adam; Adams, William | Drivetime Automotive Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2015 Reel 35950, frame 437 | Drivetime Automotive Group, Inc. | Carvana, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 1, 2023 Reel 64802, frame 818 | Carvana, LLC | Ally Bank; Ally Financial Inc. | U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Sep 1, 2023 Reel 64803, frame 213 | Carvana, LLC | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 1, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Carvana, LLC | Ally Bank | U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Sep 1, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Carvana, LLC | Ally Financial Inc. | U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 1, 2025 Reel 72987, frame 940 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Carvana, LLC | Release of Security Interest at R/F 64802/0900 |
| Aug 20, 2026 Reel 76233, frame 885 | Carvana, LLC | Barclays Bank PLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 24, 2026 Reel 76310, frame 177 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Carvana, LLC | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 064802/0925 |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2035
Term ends Mar 15, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 417 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
126
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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