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Anamorphic Photography and Squeeze Ratios for Digital Imagers

US 10,539,764 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Panavision Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 5, 2020 (Alter Domus (US) LLC).

Term ends Sep 11, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Jul 5, 2017 as application 15/642,260 · Granted Jan 21, 2020
Base term plus 68 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jul 5, 2017
Term ends
Sep 11, 2037
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
68
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.
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 runs 68 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 5, 2017, when this application, 15/642,260, was filedJul 5, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+68 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 11, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 11, 2037High confidence

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US 10,539,764this patent
Sep 2037
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US 11,086,109In force
Jul 2037
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US 11,852,791In force
Jul 2037
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US 12,276,780In force
Jul 2037
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Application 19/178,846Pending
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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
Sep 6, 2018
Reel 46808, frame 14
Sasaki, Daniel Keith; Sadahiro, HalukiPanavision International, L.p.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 19, 2020
Reel 51858, frame 839
Panavision International, L.p.Bank of America, N.A., as AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 5, 2020
Reel 54285, frame 199
Panavision Inc.; Panavision International, L.p.; Light Iron Digital, LLC; Panavision Europe Limited; Panalux LimitedAlter Domus (US) LLCSecurity Interest
Dec 12, 2022
Reel 62114, frame 459
Panavision International, L.p.Bank of America, N.A., as AgentSecurity Interest
May 2, 2025
Reel 71161, frame 916
Panavision International, L.p.Great Rock Capital Partners Management, LLCSecurity Interest
May 6, 2025
Reel 71043, frame 144
Bank Of America, N.a.Panavision Inc.; Panavision GP LLC; Panavision International, L.p.; Light Iron Digital, LLC; Pany Rental LLC; Panavision Federal Systems, LLC; Panavision Remote Systems LLC; Light Iron NY, LLC; Panavision Imaging, LLC; Panavision U.K. Holdings, Inc.; Seaway Media Corporation; Panavision Europe Limited; Panalux LimitedRelease of Security Interest
May 6, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Panavision Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 6, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Panavision GP LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 6, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Panavision International, L.p.Release of Security Interest
May 6, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Light Iron Digital, LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 6, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Pany Rental LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 6, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Panavision Federal Systems, LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 6, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Panavision Remote Systems LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 6, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Light Iron NY, LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 6, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Panavision Imaging, LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 6, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Panavision U.K. Holdings, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 6, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Seaway Media CorporationRelease of Security Interest
May 6, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Panavision Europe LimitedRelease of Security Interest
May 6, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Panalux LimitedRelease of Security Interest
Apr 23, 2026
Reel 75454, frame 461
Great Rock Capital Partners Management, LLCSiena Lending Group LLCAssignment of Patent Security Agreement

Sources

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

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