Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 17, 2019 (Fast Pay Partners LLC).
Term ended Oct 19, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 19, 2021
Held by Sito Mobile R&D IP, LLC
Filed Feb 28, 2007 as application 11/680,440 · Granted Jun 6, 2017
Base term plus 2099 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Oct 19, 2026
2001
2026
Clock starts
Jan 19, 2001
Jan 19, 2001
Term ended
Oct 19, 2026
Oct 19, 2026
Granted
Jun 6, 2017
Jun 6, 2017
base term
patent term adjustment
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
2,099
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 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.
22
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 2099 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 19, 2001, when application 09/766,519, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 28, 2007) | Jan 19, 2021 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2099 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 19, 2026 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 19, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 09/766,519 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,054,949 | Term ended Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 7,191,244 | Term ended no later than Aug 2022 | no later than Aug 2022 |
| US 9,349,138 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,015,307 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
| US 7,689,706 | Term ended Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Application 11/680,452 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,554,940 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2021 | Oct 2021 |
8 of 22 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 18, 2007 Reel 19315, frame 811 | Jennings, Charles Arthur; Bate, Donald Hockman | Streamworks Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 14, 2009 Reel 22951, frame 217 | Streamworks Technologies, Inc. | Single Touch Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 2, 2012 Reel 29061, frame 739 | Single Touch Systems, Inc. | Single Touch Interactive, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 3, 2015 Reel 34880, frame 867 | Sito Mobile, Ltd.; Single Touch Interactive, Inc.; Single Touch Interactive R&D IP, LLC | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 19, 2016 Reel 39780, frame 633 | Single Touch Interactive, Inc. | Single Touch Interactive R&D IP, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 19, 2016 Reel 39780, frame 897 | Single Touch Interactive R&D IP, Inc. | Single Touch Interactive, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 19, 2016 Reel 39782, frame 232 | Single Touch Interactive, Inc. | Single Touch Interactive R&D IP, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 19, 2016 Reel 40073, frame 77 | Single Touch Interactive R&D IP, LLC | Sito Mobile R&D IP, LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 19, 2017 Reel 43900, frame 300 | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Tar Sito Lendco LLC | Security Interest |
| Mar 8, 2019 Reel 48547, frame 471 | Tar Sito Lendco LLC | Sito Mobile Ltd. | Security Interest |
| Mar 8, 2019 Reel 48547, frame 578 | Sito Mobile Ltd. | Tar Sito Lendco LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 17, 2019 Reel 49950, frame 537 | Sito Mobile R&D IP, LLC | Fast Pay Partners LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 17, 2019 Reel 49483, frame 5 | Tar Sito Lendco LLC | Sito Mobile Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Switch the Conveying Party and Receiving Party Data Previously Recorded on Reel 048547 Frame 0578. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Oct 24, 2019 Reel 50849, frame 392 | Fast Pay Partners LLC | Sito Mobile R&D IP, LLC | Security Interest |
Sources
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The 2099 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
48
later US patents cite this one
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