Term ends Feb 20, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 20, 2029
Held by Stripe, LLC
Filed Dec 23, 2014 as application 14/581,471 · Granted Dec 26, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Feb 20, 2009
Feb 20, 2009
Term ends
Feb 20, 2029
Feb 20, 2029
Granted
Dec 26, 2017
Dec 26, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,159,061, to Feb 20, 2029. 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.
10
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. 2 of 2 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 Feb 20, 2009, when application 12/390,003, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 23, 2014) | Feb 20, 2029 | 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 9,159,061) | resolves to Feb 20, 2029, 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 20, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,577,804 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 9,159,061 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 9,852,426 | this patent Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 9,361,611 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 9,530,125 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| Application 15/374,628 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,068,890 | In force no later than Oct 2029 | no later than Oct 2029 |
| US 11,501,298 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
8 of 10 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 22, 2016 Reel 37560, frame 827 | Bacastow, Steven V. | Collective Dynamics LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 30, 2021 Reel 56725, frame 275 | Collective Dynamics, LLC | 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
Feb 2029
Term ends Feb 20, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,159,061, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
89
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.
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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.