18 patents currently held
232 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
The next term ends in Jul 2030. from the record
Of the 232 now held by other companies, 232 name DRNC Holdings Inc. as their current owner. Each row says so.
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
2
Ending by 2030
Jul 2030
Next term end
13
Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
all others
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
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Mar 2032 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends May 2037 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Jan 2039 · High confidence
Scalable Content Streaming System with Server-Side Archiving
US 8,738,736
Cited by 21 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2032.
Encodingless Transmuxing
US 10,367,865
Cited by 14 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, and renewed at 2 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2037.
Prefetching With A Dynamic Cloud Packager
US 10,721,322
The newest of the three, granted 2020. It anchors the portfolio to 2039, later than anything else here.
Formerly held, still cited
Notable
Ends Aug 2032 · High confidence
Cited by 356 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2032.
now held by DRNC Holdings, Inc.
Also notable
Ends Feb 2031 · Medium confidence
Cited by 153 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2031.
now held by DRNC Holdings, Inc.
Also notable
Ends Aug 2028 · High confidence
Cited by 81 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2028.
now held by DRNC Holdings, Inc.
Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 1 fee due Sep 30, 2027The maintenance fee for Seamless Stream Failover With Distributed Manifest Generation (US 10,609,189) comes due Sep 30, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 31, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Oct 7, 2027The maintenance fee for Speedy Clipping (US 10,614,854) comes due Oct 7, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 7, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
- 6 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 13 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Prefetching With A Dynamic Cloud Packager | 2 in force | to Jan 2039 |
| Encodingless Transmuxing | 2 in force | to May 2037 |
| Speedy Clipping | 2 in force | to Feb 2037 |
| Stream Boundary Marking for Dynamic Content Replacement | 2 in force | to Apr 2036 |
| Scalable Content Streaming System with Server-Side Archiving | 2 in force | to Mar 2032 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 8,077,774 | Automated Monitoring of Digital Video Image Quality In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,178,928 | Scalable Content Streaming System with Server-Side Archiving In force · Low confidence | In force | Low confidence | |
| US 8,738,736 | Scalable Content Streaming System with Server-Side Archiving In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,038,926 | Server-Side Blackout Enforcement In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,866,650 | Stream Monitoring Across a Distributed Platform In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,614,854 | Speedy Clipping In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,807,429 | Stream Boundary Marking for Dynamic Content Replacement In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,205,976 | Stream Boundary Marking for Dynamic Content Replacement In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,924,523 | Encodingless Transmuxing In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 11,310,332 | Prefetching With A Dynamic Cloud Packager In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 18: 232 patents in force now held by others · 58 patents ended · 4 applications pending · 1 application abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.