Collateral for a security interest recorded May 2, 2019 (Citibank, N.A.).
Term ends Apr 2, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 2, 2029
Filed May 23, 2018 as application 15/987,482 · Granted Aug 18, 2020
Base term plus 127 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Apr 2, 2009
Apr 2, 2009
Term ends
Apr 2, 2029
Apr 2, 2029
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
Aug 18, 2020
base term
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
127
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,990,671.
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 runs 127 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 2 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 Apr 2, 2009, when application 12/417,575, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 23, 2018) | Apr 2, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +127 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 7, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,990,671) | capped to Apr 2, 2029 | High 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 | Apr 2, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,401,974 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 9,143,471 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 9,990,671 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 10,311,505 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 10,748,205 | this patent Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2018 Reel 45894, frame 512 | Phenner, Chris; Hamre, Lasse; Park, Mike | Clear Channel Management Services, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2018 Reel 46232, frame 784 | Clear Channel Management Services, Inc. | Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 2, 2019 Reel 49067, frame 606 | Iheartcommunications, Inc.; Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 2, 2019 Reel 49067, frame 800 | Iheartcommunications, Inc.; Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 2, 2019 Reel 49079, frame 814 | Iheartcommunications, Inc.; Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
| Aug 9, 2019 Reel 50017, frame 882 | Iheart Communications, Inc.; Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
| Nov 23, 2019 Reel 51143, frame 579 | Iheart Communications, Inc.; Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | U. S. Bank National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 5, 2020 Reel 52144, frame 833 | Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Bank of America, N.A., as Successor Collateral Agent | Assignment of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Dec 23, 2024 Reel 69762, frame 453 | Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 27, 2024 Reel 69792, frame 335 | Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 28, 2024 Reel 69794, frame 248 | Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 29, 2024 Reel 69795, frame 912 | Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 31, 2024 Reel 69795, frame 423 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (Formerly Known as U.S. Bank National Association) | Iheartcommunications, Inc.; Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Reel/Frame 049067/0800) |
| Dec 31, 2024 Reel 69795, frame 488 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (Formerly Known as U.S. Bank National Association) | Iheartcommunications, Inc.; Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Reel/Frame 049079/0814) |
| Dec 31, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (Formerly Known as U.S. Bank National Association) | Iheartcommunications, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Reel/Frame 049067/0800) |
| Dec 31, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (Formerly Known as U.S. Bank National Association) | Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Reel/Frame 049067/0800) |
| Dec 31, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (Formerly Known as U.S. Bank National Association) | Iheartcommunications, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Reel/Frame 049079/0814) |
| Dec 31, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (Formerly Known as U.S. Bank National Association) | Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Reel/Frame 049079/0814) |
| Jan 1, 2025 Reel 69795, frame 626 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Iheartcommunications, Inc.; Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Reel/Frame 050017/0882) |
| Jan 1, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Iheartcommunications, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Reel/Frame 050017/0882) |
| Jan 1, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Reel/Frame 050017/0882) |
| May 5, 2026 Reel 75557, frame 138 | Bank of America, N.A., as Successor Collateral Agent to Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Iheart Communications, Inc.; Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 2, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 127 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,990,671.
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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