Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 6, 2017 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association -).
Term ends Mar 23, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 23, 2032
Held by Hughes Network Systems, LLC
Filed Jul 20, 2017 as application 15/655,601 · Granted Jan 8, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Mar 23, 2012
Mar 23, 2012
Term ends
Mar 23, 2032
Mar 23, 2032
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Jan 8, 2019
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,716,659, to Mar 23, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
6
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Mar 23, 2012, when application 13/428,323, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 20, 2017) | Mar 23, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,716,659) | resolves to Mar 23, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Mar 23, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,240,950 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,716,659 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/050257 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,832,131 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,637,782 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,178,035 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2017 Reel 43058, frame 65 | Dillon, Douglas | Hughes Network Systems, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 6, 2017 Reel 44376, frame 139 | Hughes Network Systems, LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association - as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 1, 2019 Reel 50600, frame 314 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | U.S. Bank National Association | Assignment of Patent Security Agreements |
| Sep 3, 2020 Reel 53723, frame 726 | Hughes Network Systems, LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association - as Collateral Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application Number 15649418 Previously Recorded at Reel: 044376 Frame: 0139. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement. |
| Sep 3, 2020 Reel 53703, frame 367 | Wells Fargo, National Bank Association | U.S. Bank National Association | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application Number 15649418 Previously Recorded on Reel 050600 Frame 0314. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Patent Security Agreements. |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 23, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,716,659, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
49
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.