Term ended Dec 27, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 27, 2025
Held by Adeia Guides Inc.
Filed May 20, 2020 as application 16/878,997 · Granted Mar 29, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Dec 27, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Dec 27, 2005
Dec 27, 2005
Term ended
Dec 27, 2025
Dec 27, 2025
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Mar 29, 2022
base term
after the term ends
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 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
8
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 27, 2005, when application 11/318,811, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 20, 2020) | Dec 27, 2025 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 27, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,768,388 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 8,730,028 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 9,747,783 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 10,026,301 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 10,692,360 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 11,288,949 | this patent Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 11,776,384 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| Application 18/223,309 | Abandoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2020 Reel 52748, frame 138 | Putterman, Daniel; Peters, Gregory; Bullwinkle, Richard; Dykeman, Kim R.; Dietrich, Bradley | Mediabolic, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 26, 2020 Reel 52748, frame 253 | Rovi Solutions Corporation | Rovi Guides, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 26, 2020 Reel 52748, frame 625 | Mediabolic, Inc. | Macrovision Corporation | Merger |
| May 26, 2020 Reel 52748, frame 715 | Macrovision Corporation | Rovi Solutions Corporation | Change of Name |
| May 3, 2023 Reel 63529, frame 272 | Adeia Guides Inc.; Adeia Imaging LLC; Adeia Media Holdings LLC; Adeia Media Solutions Inc.; Adeia Semiconductor Advanced Technologies Inc.; Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies Inc.; Adeia Semiconductor Inc.; Adeia Semiconductor Solutions LLC; Adeia Semiconductor Technologies LLC; Adeia Solutions LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 2, 2024 Reel 69085, frame 376 | Rovi Guides, Inc. | Adeia Guides Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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Citations
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