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Windows Management in a Television Environment

US 11,297,394 Term ended
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Term ended Dec 27, 2025 · High confidence

Filed Aug 26, 2020 as application 17/003,461 · Granted Apr 5, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Dec 27, 2025
2005 2026
Clock starts
Dec 27, 2005
Term ended
Dec 27, 2025
Granted
Apr 5, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,405,053, US 10,791,377, US 8,107,010, US 8,976,297, US 9,826,279, to Dec 27, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 27, 2005, when application 11/318,767, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 26, 2020)Dec 27, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,405,053, US 10,791,377, US 8,107,010, US 8,976,297, US 9,826,279)resolves to Dec 27, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 27, 2025High confidence

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US 8,107,010In force
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US 8,976,297Term ended
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US 9,826,279Term ended
Dec 2025
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US 10,405,053Term ended
Dec 2025
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US 10,791,377Term ended
Dec 2025
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US 11,297,394this patent
Dec 2025
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US 12,363,391Term ended
Jan 2026
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 27, 2020
Reel 53616, frame 598
Peters, Gregory; Putterman, Daniel; Bullwinkle, Richard; Dietrich, BradleyMediabolic, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 27, 2020
Reel 53616, frame 859
Mediabolic, Inc.Macrovision CorporationMerger
Aug 27, 2020
Reel 53616, frame 887
Macrovision CorporationRovi Solutions CorporationChange 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 LLCBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 25, 2024
Reel 69047, frame 372
Rovi Solutions CorporationRovi Solutions LLCChange of Name
Sep 25, 2024
Reel 69047, frame 464
Rovi Solutions LLCAdeia Solutions LLCChange of Name

Sources

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