Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 4, 2019 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Dec 8, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 27, 2039
Filed Mar 27, 2019 as application 16/366,741 · Granted Aug 16, 2022
Base term plus 622 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2040
Clock starts
Mar 27, 2019
Mar 27, 2019
Term ends
Dec 8, 2040
Dec 8, 2040
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
Aug 16, 2022
base term
patent term adjustment
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
622
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.
32
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 622 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 Mar 27, 2019, when this application, 16/366,741, was filed | Mar 27, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +622 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 8, 2040 | 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 8, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,418,943 | this patent Dec 2040 | Dec 2040 |
| US 11,006,337 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| US 11,012,912 | In force May 2039 | May 2039 |
| US 11,758,202 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 11,310,831 | In force Oct 2039 | Oct 2039 |
| US 10,887,659 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 11,291,045 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 11,438,768 | In force May 2040 | May 2040 |
8 of 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2019 Reel 48718, frame 354 | Kreishan, Loay O. | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 4, 2019 Reel 51287, frame 57 | Time Warner Cable Enterprises, LLC; Charter Communications Operating, LLC; Bright House Networks, LLC | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Dec 4, 2019 Reel 51287, frame 87 | Charter Communications Operating, LLC; Time Warner Cable Enterprises, LLC; Bright House Networks, LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. | Security Interest |
| Dec 27, 2019 Reel 51433, frame 654 | Time Warner Cable Enterprises, LLC; Charter Communications Operating, LLC | Wells Fargo Trust Company, N.A. | Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2020 Reel 52091, frame 71 | Time Warner Cable Enterprises, LLC; Charter Communications Operating, LLC | Wells Fargo Trust Company, N.A. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Assignment Previously Recorded on Reel 051433 Frame 0654. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement. |
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What's changing
Dec 2040
Term ends Dec 8, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 622 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
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