Term ends Sep 29, 2040 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 29, 2040
Held by Audacy Operations, LLC
Filed Apr 7, 2021 as application 17/224,243 · Granted Oct 25, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Sep 29, 2020
Sep 29, 2020
Term ends
Sep 29, 2040
Sep 29, 2040
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
Oct 25, 2022
base term
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 10,985,854, to Sep 29, 2040. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
Not on record
Maintenance fees
USPTO's record of this patent carries no fee events. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse.
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 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. USPTO's record of this patent carries no fee events, so no fee is counted as paid or unpaid. Confidence: Low. 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 Sep 29, 2020, when application 17/036,165, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 7, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 29, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,985,854) | resolves to Sep 29, 2040, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No fee events in USPTO's record of this patent. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse | In force | Medium confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 29, 2040 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 10,985,854 | In force Sep 2040 | Sep 2040 |
| US 11,483,084 | this patent Sep 2040 | Sep 2040 |
| Application PCT/US2021/052538 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,881,930 | In force Sep 2040 | Sep 2040 |
| Application 18/419,154 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2021 Reel 58027, frame 165 | Pacino, John Michael; Booth, Nicholas Constantine | Entercom Operations, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 18, 2022 Reel 60693, frame 879 | Entercom Operations, Inc. | Audacy Operations, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 28, 2022 Reel 60651, frame 971 | Crowley, John David | Entercom Operations, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2022 Reel 61132, frame 115 | Entercom Operations, Inc. | Audacy Operations, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 13, 2023 Reel 64887, frame 765 | Audacy Operations, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 19, 2023 Reel 64948, frame 889 | Audacy Operations, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 5, 2023 Reel 65778, frame 933 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Resigning Collateral Agent | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Successor Collateral Agent | Assignment of Patent Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (064948/0889) |
| Sep 30, 2024 Reel 68747, frame 588 | Audacy Capital, LLC; Audacy Operations, LLC; Eventful, LLC | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Security Interest |
| Feb 5, 2025 Reel 70121, frame 61 | Audacy Capital LLC | Wilmington Savings Fund Society | Security Interest |
| Feb 11, 2025 Reel 70186, frame 862 | Audacy Operations, Inc. | Audacy Operations, LLC | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Sep 2040
Term ends Sep 29, 2040.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,985,854, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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