Term ends no later than Aug 29, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 29, 2031
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Stripe, LLC
Filed Jun 1, 2016 as application 15/170,131 · Granted May 30, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Aug 29, 2011
Aug 29, 2011
Ends no later than
Aug 29, 2031
Aug 29, 2031
Granted
May 30, 2017
May 30, 2017
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
4
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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Aug 29, 2011, when application PCT/JP2011/004805, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 1, 2016) | Aug 29, 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 | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Aug 29, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,892,731 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 9,413,848 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2020 | Aug 2020 |
| US 9,667,744 | this patent no later than Aug 2031 | no later than Aug 2031 |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2019 Reel 48373, frame 217 | Empire Technology Development LLC | Crestline Direct Finance, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Jun 22, 2021 Reel 56612, frame 440 | Crestline Direct Finance, L.p. | Empire Technology Development LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 22, 2025 Reel 72936, frame 464 | Crestline Direct Finance, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Empire Technology Development LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents, Recorded on January 29, 2019 at Reel 048373 Frame 0217 |
| Jan 7, 2026 Reel 74264, frame 807 | Stripe, Inc. | Stripe, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jun 22, 2026 Reel 75799, frame 53 | Crestline Direct Finance, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Empire Technology Development LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents, Recorded on January 29, 2019, at Reel/Frame 048373/0217 |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2031
Term ends no later than Aug 29, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Aug 29, 2031. We will not guess the cap.
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.
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.