1,091 patents currently held

5 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.

2 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.

The next term ends in Dec 2026. from the record

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Ending by 2030

Dec 2026

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484

Patent families

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notable patents fee due within 90 days 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. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Notable

Method and System for Presenting Additional Content at a Media System US 8,863,165

The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 608 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data. Protection runs to 2032.

Ends Jan 2032 · High confidence Also notable

Method and System for Remotely Controlling Consumer Electronic Devices US 9,015,741

Cited by 216 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2032.

Ends May 2032 · High confidence Also notable

Media Fingerprinting and Identification System US 8,195,689

Cited by 244 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2030.

Ends Dec 2030 · High confidence

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.

3 fees due Nov 16, 2026
15 fees due Dec 4 to 27, 2026 · next Dec 4
17 fees due Jan 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 2
23 fees due Feb 1 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 1
26 fees due Mar 3 to 29, 2027 · next Mar 3
18 fees due Apr 1 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 1
12 fees due May 7 to 28, 2027 · next May 7
20 fees due Jun 3 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 3
21 fees due Jul 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 2
14 fees due Aug 6 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 6
28 fees due Sep 3 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 3
25 fees due Oct 2 to 28, 2027 · next Oct 2

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Recent changes

Oct 28Assignment recorded on US D1,059,323: Hogan, Gregory Michael and 1 other to Roku, Inc. Recorded Oct 28, 2026, executed Apr 8, 2021. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76535, frame 245.
Oct 28Assignment recorded on US D1,059,323: Bould Design, LLC to Roku, Inc. Recorded Oct 28, 2026, executed May 6, 2021. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76535, frame 266.
42 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
2 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 484 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Method and System for Remotely Controlling Consumer Electronic Devices	31 in force	to May 2032
Media Fingerprinting and Identification System	26 in force	to Sep 2031
Media Channel Identification with Multi-Match Detection and Disambiguation Based on Location	18 in force	to Jun 2036
Streaming Media System and Method	11 in force	to Sep 2036
Method and System for Presenting Additional Content at a Media System	11 in force	to Aug 2032

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,885,979	Method, Graphical Interface and Computer-Readable Medium for Forming a Batch Job In force Term ends Dec 24, 2026 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 24, 2026	High confidence
US 8,762,580	Common Event-Based Multidevice Media Playback In force Term ends Jan 27, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 27, 2027	High confidence
US 9,338,208	Common Event-Based Multidevice Media Playback In force Term ends Jan 27, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 27, 2027	High confidence
US 9,780,894	System for Synchronous Playback of Media Using a Hybrid Bluetooth¿ and Wi-Fi Networ In force Term ends Jan 27, 2027 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 27, 2027	Medium confidence
US 9,973,290	System for Media Rebroadcasting for Synchronized Rendering Across Multiple Devices In force Ends no later than Jan 31, 2027 · Low confidence	In force	Ends no later than Jan 31, 2027	Low confidence
US D676,005	Set Top Box In force Term ends Feb 12, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 12, 2027	High confidence
US D679,680	Remote control In force Term ends Apr 9, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 9, 2027	High confidence
US 7,979,877	Advertising Methods for Advertising Time Slots and Embedded Objects In force Term ends Apr 23, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 23, 2027	High confidence
US 9,843,489	System and Method for Synchronous Media Rendering Over Wireless Networks with Wireless Performance Monitoring In force Term ends May 20, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 20, 2027	High confidence
US 9,413,799	BROADCASTING MEDIA FROM A STATIONARY SOURCE TO MULTIPLE MOBILE DEVICES OVER Wi-Fi In force Term ends Jun 9, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 9, 2027	High confidence

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Also on record, not counted in the 1,091: 5 patents in force now held by others · 35 patents ended · 292 applications pending · 85 applications 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.

Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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