Term ended Jan 23, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 27, 2025
Held by Adeia Solutions LLC
Filed Feb 28, 2022 as application 17/682,022 · Granted Jul 15, 2025
Base term plus 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Jan 23, 2026
2005
2026
Clock starts
Dec 27, 2005
Dec 27, 2005
Term ended
Jan 23, 2026
Jan 23, 2026
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Jul 15, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
27
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
7
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 27 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 27, 2005, when application 11/318,767, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 28, 2022) | Dec 27, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +27 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 23, 2026 | 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 | No maintenance fee can end the term early | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 23, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,107,010 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,976,297 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 9,826,279 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 10,405,053 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 10,791,377 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 11,297,394 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 12,363,391 | this patent Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2022 Reel 59123, frame 152 | Peters, Gregory; Putterman, Daniel; Bullwinkle, Richard; Dietrich, Bradley | Mediabolic, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2022 Reel 59266, frame 189 | Macrovision Corporation | Rovi Solutions Corporation | Change of Name |
| Feb 28, 2022 Reel 59661, frame 911 | Mediabolic, Inc. | Macrovision Corporation | Merger |
| May 3, 2023 Reel 63529, frame 272 | Adeia Guides Inc.; Adeia Imaging LLC; Adeia Media Holdings LLC; Adeia Media Solutions Inc.; Adeia Semiconductor Advanced Technologies Inc.; Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies Inc.; Adeia Semiconductor Inc.; Adeia Semiconductor Solutions LLC; Adeia Semiconductor Technologies LLC; Adeia Solutions LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 25, 2024 Reel 69047, frame 372 | Rovi Solutions Corporation | Rovi Solutions LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 25, 2024 Reel 69047, frame 464 | Rovi Solutions LLC | Adeia Solutions LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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The 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
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