Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 1, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jul 6, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 21, 2038
Held by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Filed Dec 21, 2018 as application 16/230,493 · Granted Aug 3, 2021
USPTO first gave this application the number US 11,039,192 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term plus 197 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2039
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2018
Dec 21, 2018
Term ends
Jul 6, 2039
Jul 6, 2039
Granted
Aug 3, 2021
Aug 3, 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
197
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.
9
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 197 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 Dec 21, 2018, when this application, 16/230,493, was filed | Dec 21, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +197 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 6, 2039 | 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 6, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,082,734 | this patent Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 11,553,227 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,483,607 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,617,000 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,750,869 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,818,411 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 12,641,307 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 12,323,649 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 21, 2019 Reel 48662, frame 618 | Loheide, Donald Jude; Sinha, Nishith Kumar; Webb, Nicolas Paul; Stigall, Gregory McClain | Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 1, 2025 Reel 72995, frame 858 | Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.; Warner Media, LLC; Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.; Home Box Office, Inc.; Discovery Communications, LLC; Warnermedia Direct LLC; Discovery.com LLC; Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.; CNN Interactive Group, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2039
Term ends Jul 6, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 197 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
22
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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