Term ended Nov 13, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 10, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by First Data Corporation
Filed Dec 10, 2015 as application 14/965,539 · Granted Feb 13, 2018
Base term plus 3 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Nov 13, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 10, 2006
Nov 10, 2006
Term ended
Nov 13, 2026
Nov 13, 2026
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Feb 13, 2018
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
3
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.
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 runs 3 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Nov 10, 2006, when application 11/558,874, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 10, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 10, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +3 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 13, 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 | Nov 13, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,820,631 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2007/083516 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,240,004 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,892,410 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2016 Reel 37750, frame 451 | Weitzman, Felix | First Data Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 2, 2016 Reel 37869, frame 415 | First Data Corporation | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Mar 2, 2016 Reel 37869, frame 485 | First Data Corporation | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 Reel 49898, frame 560 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | First Data Corporation; Clover Network, Inc.; Gyft Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | First Data Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Clover Network, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Gyft Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 19, 2019 Reel 50090, frame 163 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | First Data Corporation; Clover Network, Inc.; Gyft, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Aug 19, 2019 Reel 50094, frame 447 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | First Data Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Aug 19, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Clover Network, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Aug 19, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Gyft, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
Sources
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Note
The 3 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2018 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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