Term ended Dec 27, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 27, 2025
Held by Adeia Solutions LLC
Filed Jan 17, 2023 as application 18/097,742 · Granted Jul 15, 2025
Base term plus 115 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Term ended Dec 27, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Dec 27, 2005
Dec 27, 2005
Term ended
Dec 27, 2025
Dec 27, 2025
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Jul 15, 2025
base term
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
115
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,182,267, US 11,589,132.
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.
4
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 115 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 11/318,793, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 17, 2023) | Dec 27, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +115 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 21, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,182,267, US 11,589,132) | capped to Dec 27, 2025 | 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 | Dec 27, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,467,322 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 10,182,267 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 11,589,132 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 12,363,394 | this patent Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2023 Reel 62396, frame 708 | Dietrich, Bradley; Putterman, Daniel; Peters, Gregory; Bullwinkle, Richard | Mediabolic, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 17, 2023 Reel 62401, frame 721 | Macrovision Corporation | Rovi Solutions Corporation | Change of Name |
| Jan 17, 2023 Reel 63008, frame 690 | 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 |
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Note
The 115 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,182,267, US 11,589,132.
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