Term ends May 16, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 21, 2030
Held by Stripe, LLC
Filed Jul 21, 2010 as application 12/840,579 · Granted Sep 12, 2017
Base term plus 1030 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2033
Clock starts
Jul 21, 2010
Jul 21, 2010
Term ends
May 16, 2033
May 16, 2033
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Sep 12, 2017
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
1,030
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.
9
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 1030 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 Jul 21, 2010, when this application, 12/840,579, was filed | Jul 21, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1030 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 16, 2033 | 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 16, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,265,658 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 9,098,723 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 9,763,048 | this patent May 2033 | May 2033 |
| Application 12/860,252 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,588,819 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 9,338,601 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 9,641,393 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 9,674,665 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2010 Reel 24827, frame 52 | Curtis, Scott; Petersen, Steven L.; Purdy, Sean T. | Kota Enterprises, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 19, 2010 Reel 24859, frame 855 | Kota Enterprises, LLC | Waldeck Technology, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2014 Reel 33156, frame 986 | Kota Enterprises, LLC | Waldeck Technology, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 24, 2015 Reel 36433, frame 382 | Waldeck Technology, LLC | Concert Debt, LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2015 Reel 36515, frame 495 | Concert Technology Corporation | Concert Debt, LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 13, 2017 Reel 44391, frame 407 | Concert Debt, LLC | Waldeck Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 13, 2017 Reel 44391, frame 438 | Concert Debt, LLC | Concert Technology Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 11, 2018 Reel 44591, frame 775 | Concert Debt, LLC | Concert Technology Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 11, 2018 Reel 44591, frame 845 | Concert Debt, LLC | Waldeck Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2018 Reel 45061, frame 144 | Waldeck Technology, LLC | IP3 2017, Series 200 of Allied Security Trust I | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 16, 2019 Reel 48082, frame 767 | IP3 2017, Series 200 of Allied Security Trust I | Cria, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 2, 2021 Reel 57044, frame 753 | Cria, Inc. | Stripe, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 30, 2026 Reel 74572, frame 294 | Stripe, Inc. | Stripe, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2033
Term ends May 16, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1030 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
71
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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