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Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Generating 3D Model Data from a Media Content Event

US 10,284,731 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 30, 2021 (U.S. Bank, National Association).

Term ends Jan 28, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Nov 29, 2016 as application 15/364,067 · Granted May 7, 2019
Base term plus 60 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2037
Clock starts
Nov 29, 2016
Term ends
Jan 28, 2037
Granted
May 7, 2019
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
60
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.
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 60 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

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 29, 2016, when this application, 15/364,067, was filedNov 29, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+60 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 28, 2037High 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 orderJan 28, 2037High confidence

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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
Dec 5, 2016
Reel 40528, frame 901
Newell, Nick; Tilaye, SwapnilEchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 27, 2019
Reel 48710, frame 100
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Dish Technologies L.L.C.Conversion
Mar 27, 2019
Reel 50131, frame 111
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

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