Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 30, 2021 (U.S. Bank, National Association).
Term ends Dec 22, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 19, 2039
Held by Dish Network L.L.C.
Filed Dec 19, 2019 as application 16/721,295 · Granted Feb 8, 2022
Base term plus 3 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2019
Dec 19, 2019
Term ends
Dec 22, 2039
Dec 22, 2039
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Feb 8, 2022
base term
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
3
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.
5
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 3 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 19, 2019, when this application, 16/721,295, was filed | Dec 19, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +3 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 22, 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 | Dec 22, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,245,936 | this patent Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2020/066017 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,750,855 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 12,177,499 | In force no later than Dec 2039 | no later than Dec 2039 |
| Application 18/924,090 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2019 Reel 51336, frame 532 | Major, Robert Drew | Dish Network L.L.C. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 |
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What's changing
Dec 2039
Term ends Dec 22, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 3 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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