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Pre-Distribution Identification of Broadcast Television Content Using Audio Fingerprints

US 10,212,490 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 30, 2021 (U.S. Bank, National Association).

Term ends Mar 15, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Mar 15, 2013 as application 13/836,688 · Granted Feb 19, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
Mar 15, 2033
Granted
Feb 19, 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.
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 15, 2013, when this application, 13/836,688, was filedMar 15, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 15, 2033High confidence

This family

US 10,212,490this patent
Mar 2033
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US 9,661,380In force
Mar 2034
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US 11,463,785In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
Application 15/600,334Abandoned
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US 10,412,446In force
Mar 2034
Mar 2034
US 11,178,469In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
US 11,564,002In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
Application 16/559,376Abandoned
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 8, 2013
Reel 30972, frame 119
Major, Robert DrewDish Digital L.L.C.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 4, 2014
Reel 33470, frame 726
Dish Digital L.L.C.EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 3, 2018
Reel 46678, frame 224
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Dish Technologies L.L.C.Change of Name
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 AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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