Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 1, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Dec 31, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 31, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Filed Dec 21, 2018 as application 16/229,614 · Granted Aug 31, 2021
USPTO first gave this application the numbers US 11,044,508 and US 11,076,184 and withdrew each before it issued. Those numbers now lead here.
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Dec 31, 2016
Dec 31, 2016
Term ends
Dec 31, 2036
Dec 31, 2036
Granted
Aug 31, 2021
Aug 31, 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.
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.
46
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. 1 of 3 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 Dec 31, 2016, when application 15/396,475, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 21, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 31, 2036 | 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 | None on file | no change | 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 | Dec 31, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,134,309 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 11,051,061 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 11,051,074 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 11,109,086 | this patent Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,965,967 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,992,973 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,856,016 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 11,622,143 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
8 of 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2019 Reel 47894, frame 414 | Loheide, Donald Jude; Sinha, Nishith Kumar; Webb, Nicolas Paul | 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 |
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What's changing
Dec 2036
Term ends Dec 31, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
24
later US patents cite this one
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