Term ends Oct 13, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 1, 2035
Held by Hughes Network Systems, LLC
Filed Dec 1, 2015 as application 14/956,353 · Granted Sep 25, 2018
Base term plus 317 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2036
Clock starts
Dec 1, 2015
Dec 1, 2015
Term ends
Oct 13, 2036
Oct 13, 2036
Granted
Sep 25, 2018
Sep 25, 2018
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
317
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.
78
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 317 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 Dec 1, 2015, when this application, 14/956,353, was filed | Dec 1, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +317 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 13, 2036 | 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 | Oct 13, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,084,509 | this patent Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 9,831,940 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 10,158,687 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 10,389,775 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
| US 10,230,409 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| Application 62/349,968 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 62/350,671 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 62/364,839 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 78 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2015 Reel 37183, frame 627 | Merchlinsky, Joseph | Hughes Networks Systems, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 29, 2016 Reel 40746, frame 281 | Merchlinsky, Joseph | Hughes Network Systems, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of the Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 037183 Frame: 0627. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Corrective Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2036
Term ends Oct 13, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 317 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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