Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 30, 2021 (U.S. Bank, National Association).
Term ends Dec 31, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 8, 2031
Held by Dish Technologies L.L.C.
Filed Jan 23, 2019 as application 16/254,613 · Granted Oct 12, 2021
Base term plus 53 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Nov 8, 2011
Nov 8, 2011
Term ends
Dec 31, 2031
Dec 31, 2031
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
Oct 12, 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
53
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
7
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 53 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 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 Nov 8, 2011, when application 13/292,047, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 23, 2019) | Nov 8, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +53 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 31, 2031 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 31, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 13/288,002 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,357,159 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 8,627,349 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2012/052002 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,264,779 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 10,231,009 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 11,146,849 | this patent Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
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 23, 2019 Reel 48096, frame 685 | Martch, Henry Gregg; Gratton, Max S. | EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 23, 2019 Reel 48096, frame 690 | EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. | Dish Technologies L.L.C. | Change of Name |
| 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
Dec 2031
Term ends Dec 31, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 53 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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