Term ends May 13, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 13, 2035
Held by Aurora Operations, Inc.
Filed May 13, 2015 as application 14/711,506 · Granted Nov 15, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
May 13, 2015
May 13, 2015
Term ends
May 13, 2035
May 13, 2035
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Nov 15, 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 13, 2015, when this application, 14/711,506, was filed | May 13, 2035 | 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 | May 13, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,494,439 | this patent May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,547,309 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,345,809 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2016/032549 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,933,779 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,126,742 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,940,651 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,163,139 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2015 Reel 36227, frame 861 | Ross, William P.; Bares, John; Larose, David; Sweeney, Matthew | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 8, 2016 Reel 38847, frame 853 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Uber International C.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 9, 2016 Reel 38867, frame 970 | Uber International C.V. | Apparate International C.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 30, 2016 Reel 39589, frame 860 | Apparate International C.V. | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 12, 2019 Reel 50353, frame 884 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | UATC, LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 27, 2019 Reel 51145, frame 1 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | UATC, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance from Change of Name to Assignment Previously Recorded on Reel 050353 Frame 0884. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Conveyance Should Be Assignment. |
| Jan 17, 2020 Reel 52176, frame 441 | Ross, William; Bares, John; Larose, David; Sweeney, Matthew | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 14, 2024 Reel 67733, frame 1 | UATC, LLC | Aurora Operations, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
May 2035
Term ends May 13, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
259
later US patents cite this one
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