Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 30, 2021 (U.S. Bank, National Association).
Term ends Sep 15, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 25, 2036
Held by Dish Technologies L.L.C.
Filed Apr 25, 2016 as application 15/137,719 · Granted Oct 16, 2018
Base term plus 36 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Apr 25, 2016
Apr 25, 2016
Term ends
Sep 15, 2035
Sep 15, 2035
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Oct 16, 2018
base term
after the term ends
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
36
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,465,996.
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.
13
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 36 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 25, 2016, when this application, 15/137,719, was filed | Apr 25, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +36 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 31, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,465,996) | capped to Sep 15, 2035 | 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 | Sep 15, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,104,418 | this patent Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 10,359,756 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 10,382,806 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 10,284,731 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 10,715,684 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 10,802,455 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 10,820,035 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 11,399,103 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2016 Reel 38376, frame 412 | Keipert, Kurt | EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 2, 2019 Reel 49671, frame 857 | EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. | Dish Technologies L.L.C. | Conversion |
| Nov 30, 2021 Reel 58295, frame 293 | Dish Broadcasting Corporation; Dish Network L.L.C.; Dish Technologies L.L.C. | U.S. Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Sep 2035
Term ends Sep 15, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 36 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,465,996.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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