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Distributed Command Execution in Multi-Location Studio Environments

US 12,381,993 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Jul 27, 2042 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 12,088,949), so the cap could be lower.

Filed Feb 27, 2025 as application 19/064,807 · Granted Aug 5, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2022 2042
Clock starts
Jul 27, 2022
Term ends
Jul 27, 2042
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
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 11,765,306, US 12,010,451, US 12,088,949, US 12,212,876, US 12,267,614, to Jul 27, 2042. 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.
9
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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 27, 2022, when application 17/874,728, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 27, 2025)Jul 27, 2042High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,765,306, US 12,010,451, US 12,088,949, US 12,212,876, US 12,267,614)resolves to Jul 27, 2042, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 27, 2042Medium confidence

This family

US 11,765,306In force
Jul 2042
Jul 2042
US 12,010,451In force
Jul 2042
Jul 2042
US 12,088,949In force
no later than Jul 2042
no later than Jul 2042
US 12,212,876In force
Jul 2042
Jul 2042
US 12,267,614In force
Jul 2042
Jul 2042
US 12,381,993this patent
Jul 2042
Jul 2042
US 12,513,256In force
Jul 2042
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US 12,627,765In force
Jul 2042
Jul 2042
8 of 9 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 27, 2025
Reel 70346, frame 193
Marshall, Gary; Heinrichs, KeatonNantstudios, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 27, 2025
Reel 70346, frame 135
Soon-shiong, PatrickNant Holdings IP, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 27, 2025
Reel 70346, frame 234
Witchey, Nicholas James; Wiacek, JohnNantworks, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 27, 2025
Reel 70346, frame 281
Nantworks, LLCNant Holdings IP, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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