Also listed on Miranda Technologies Partnership, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 20, 2024 (MS Private Credit Administrative Services LLC).
Term ends Apr 4, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 4, 2034
Held by Grass Valley Canada
Filed Jun 14, 2019 as application 16/442,035 · Granted Jun 15, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Apr 4, 2014
Apr 4, 2014
Term ends
Apr 4, 2034
Apr 4, 2034
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Jun 15, 2021
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,367,866, US 9,002,991, US 9,749,370, to Apr 4, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Apr 4, 2014, when application 14/245,538, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 14, 2019) | Apr 4, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,367,866, US 9,002,991, US 9,749,370) | resolves to Apr 4, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Apr 4, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,749,370 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 10,367,866 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 11,038,936 | this patent Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2020 Reel 53122, frame 666 | Grass Valley USA, LLC; Grass Valley Canada; Grass Valley Limited | MGG Investment Group LP, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest - Patents |
| Jan 20, 2021 Reel 54969, frame 161 | Fletcher, Ian | Miranda Technologies Partnership | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 20, 2021 Reel 54969, frame 360 | Miranda Technologies Partnership | Grass Valley Canada | Change of Name |
| Mar 20, 2024 Reel 66850, frame 869 | Grass Valley Canada; Grass Valley Limited | MS Private Credit Administrative Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Mar 21, 2024 Reel 66867, frame 336 | MGG Investment Group LP | Grass Valley USA, LLC; Grass Valley Canada; Grass Valley Limited | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 21, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | MGG Investment Group LP | Grass Valley USA, LLC | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 21, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | MGG Investment Group LP | Grass Valley Canada | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 21, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | MGG Investment Group LP | Grass Valley Limited | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 12, 2025 Reel 73959, frame 584 | MS Private Credit Administrative Services LLC | MGG Investment Group LP | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2034
Term ends Apr 4, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,367,866, US 9,002,991, US 9,749,370, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
5
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
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.