Term ends Jun 24, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 24, 2034
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Apr 1, 2022 as application 17/711,029 · Granted Dec 27, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Jun 24, 2014
Jun 24, 2014
Term ends
Jun 24, 2034
Jun 24, 2034
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Dec 27, 2022
base term
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
11
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. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jun 24, 2014, when applications PCT/EP2014/006330 and PCT/EP2014/063306, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Apr 1, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 24, 2034 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 24, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,668,079 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 9,900,721 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 10,382,876 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 10,841,721 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 11,297,455 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 11,540,076 | this patent Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 11,863,958 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 12,245,013 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2022 Reel 61474, frame 735 | Kordon, Sven; Krueger, Alexander | Thomas Licensing | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 19, 2022 Reel 61474, frame 770 | Thomson Licensing | Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 21, 2022 Reel 61737, frame 252 | Kordon, Sven; Krueger, Alexander | Thomson Licensing | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 061474 Frame: 0735. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment . |
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What's changing
Jun 2034
Term ends Jun 24, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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later US patent cites this one
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