Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 22, 2024 (U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association).
Term ends Oct 22, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 23, 2028
Filed Jun 22, 2020 as application 16/907,907 · Granted Nov 8, 2022
Base term plus 182 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Apr 23, 2008
Apr 23, 2008
Term ends
Oct 22, 2028
Oct 22, 2028
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Nov 8, 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
182
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,701,063, to Oct 22, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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 182 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 1 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 Apr 23, 2008, when application 12/108,441, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 22, 2020) | Apr 23, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +182 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 22, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,701,063) | resolves to Oct 22, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 22, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,769,652 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,701,063 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 11,496,459 | this patent Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2020 Reel 53003, frame 833 | Buzzard, Paula | Clear Channel Management Services, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2020 Reel 53096, frame 734 | Clear Channel Management Services, Inc. | Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Dec 22, 2024 Reel 69752, frame 941 | Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 23, 2024 Reel 69762, frame 453 | Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 27, 2024 Reel 69792, frame 335 | Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 28, 2024 Reel 69794, frame 248 | Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 29, 2024 Reel 69795, frame 912 | Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2028
Term ends Oct 22, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 182 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,701,063, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.