Term ends Mar 12, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 12, 2030
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,966,014), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Netflix, Inc.
Filed Aug 15, 2017 as application 15/677,982 · Granted Jun 18, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Mar 12, 2010
Mar 12, 2010
Term ends
Mar 12, 2030
Mar 12, 2030
Granted
Jun 18, 2019
Jun 18, 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 8,966,014, US 9,736,202, to Mar 12, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
5
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. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 12, 2010, when application 12/722,580, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 15, 2017) | Mar 12, 2030 | 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 8,966,014, US 9,736,202) | resolves to Mar 12, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 12, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,386,621 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2011/028240 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,966,014 | In force no later than May 2030 | no later than May 2030 |
| US 9,736,202 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 10,326,810 | this patent Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2017 Reel 43301, frame 42 | Park, Anthony N.; Hunt, Neil D.; Wei, Wei | Netflix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 12, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,966,014, US 9,736,202, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.