Also listed on The Directv Group, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 3, 2021 (Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch).
Term ends Nov 15, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended May 15, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Directv, LLC
Filed Oct 4, 2017 as application 15/724,918 · Granted Apr 13, 2021
Base term plus 184 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
May 15, 2006
May 15, 2006
Term ends
Nov 15, 2026
Nov 15, 2026
Granted
Apr 13, 2021
Apr 13, 2021
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
184
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 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it 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 184 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 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 May 15, 2006, when application 11/434,404, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 4, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 15, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +184 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 15, 2026 | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 15, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,775,319 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 9,811,789 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 10,977,631 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 17/301,722 | Abandoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2017 Reel 44039, frame 749 | Kahn, Raynold M.; Klauss, Peter M.; Dulac, Stephen P.; Basse, Hanno; James, Thomas H.; Schlacht, David N. | The Directv Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 29, 2021 Reel 57020, frame 134 | The Directv Group, Inc. | Directv, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 3, 2021 Reel 57695, frame 84 | Directv, LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Aug 5, 2021 Reel 58220, frame 531 | Directv, LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jan 25, 2024 Reel 66371, frame 690 | Directv, LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 3, 2025 Reel 72994, frame 1 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch (as Successor to Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch) | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Succession of Agency in Patent Security Interests |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 15, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 184 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.