Also listed on EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 30, 2021 (U.S. Bank, National Association).
Term ends Jul 25, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 24, 2037
Held by Dish Technologies L.L.C.
Filed Mar 24, 2017 as application 15/468,568 · Granted Mar 16, 2021
Base term plus 488 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2038
Clock starts
Mar 24, 2017
Mar 24, 2017
Term ends
Jul 25, 2038
Jul 25, 2038
Granted
Mar 16, 2021
Mar 16, 2021
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
488
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.
4
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 488 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 Mar 24, 2017, when this application, 15/468,568, was filed | Mar 24, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +488 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 25, 2038 | 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 | Jul 25, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,949,533 | this patent Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 11,847,218 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 12,174,957 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| Application 18/949,672 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2018 Reel 47208, frame 112 | EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. | Dish Technologies L.L.C. | Change of Name |
| Jun 27, 2019 Reel 49614, frame 721 | Beals, William Michael | EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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
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What's changing
Jul 2038
Term ends Jul 25, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 488 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2021 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.