Term ends Sep 29, 2040 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 29, 2040
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 11,350,159), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Audacy Operations, LLC
Filed May 27, 2022 as application 17/804,406 · Granted Nov 7, 2023
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
Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023
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 11,350,159, to Sep 29, 2040. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
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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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Sep 29, 2020, when application 17/036,153, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 27, 2022) | Sep 29, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,350,159) | resolves to Sep 29, 2040, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 29, 2040 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,972,785 | In force Sep 2040 | Sep 2040 |
| US 11,350,159 | In force no later than Sep 2040 | no later than Sep 2040 |
| Application PCT/US2021/052544 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,812,099 | this patent Sep 2040 | Sep 2040 |
| US 12,206,933 | In force no later than Sep 2040 | no later than Sep 2040 |
| Application 19/029,437 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2022 Reel 60641, frame 580 | Pacino, John Michael; Booth, Nicholas Constantine; 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2040
Term ends Sep 29, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,350,159, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2023 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.