Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 30, 2021 (U.S. Bank, National Association).
Term ends Aug 16, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 23, 2036
Held by Dish Technologies L.L.C.
Filed Aug 23, 2016 as application 15/244,767 · Granted Jul 23, 2019
Base term plus 358 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Aug 23, 2016
Aug 23, 2016
Term ends
Aug 16, 2037
Aug 16, 2037
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Jul 23, 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
358
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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 358 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Aug 23, 2016, when this application, 15/244,767, was filed | Aug 23, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +358 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 16, 2037 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 16, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,104,418 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 10,359,756 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2016 Reel 39512, frame 966 | Newell, Nicholas; Tilaye, Swapnil | 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 |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Free plan: 3 watched companies. Pro: unlimited.
Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Aug 2037
Term ends Aug 16, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 358 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
112
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
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.