Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 3, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ended Oct 6, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 6, 2026
Held by Lyft, Inc.
Filed Nov 3, 2015 as application 14/930,987 · Granted May 23, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Oct 6, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 6, 2006
Oct 6, 2006
Term ended
Oct 6, 2026
Oct 6, 2026
Granted
May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017
base term
after the term ends
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,219,811, to Oct 6, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
8
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Oct 6, 2006, when application 11/539,560, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 3, 2015) | Oct 6, 2026 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,219,811) | resolves to Oct 6, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 6, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,937,075 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 9,219,811 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 9,661,125 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 10,178,220 | Term ended no later than Oct 2026 | no later than Oct 2026 |
| US 10,477,010 | Term ended no later than Oct 2026 | no later than Oct 2026 |
| US 11,412,082 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 12,069,199 | Term ended no later than Oct 2026 | no later than Oct 2026 |
| Application 18/808,615 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2017 Reel 41043, frame 761 | Zellner, Samuel | BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 23, 2017 Reel 41048, frame 534 | AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 23, 2017 Reel 41069, frame 706 | BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation | AT&T Intellectual Property, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 23, 2017 Reel 41069, frame 775 | AT&T Intellectual Property, Inc. | AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 23, 2017 Reel 41069, frame 834 | AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc. | AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 18, 2018 Reel 46376, frame 731 | BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation | AT&T Intellectual Property, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Execution Date Previously Recorded at Reel: 041069 Frame: 0706. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
| Jul 16, 2018 Reel 46556, frame 96 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Prosper Technology, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 18, 2019 Reel 48097, frame 402 | Prosper Technology, LLC | Lyft, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 3, 2022 Reel 61880, frame 237 | Lyft, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,219,811, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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