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Media Content Generation Methods and Systems

US 7,577,678 In force
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Also listed on Corel TW Corp., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jun 24, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Dec 14, 2006 as application 11/638,354 · Granted Aug 18, 2009
Base term plus 192 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2027
Clock starts
Dec 14, 2006
Term ends
Jun 24, 2027
Granted
Aug 18, 2009
base term patent term adjustment 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
192
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.

This patent's term runs 192 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. 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 Dec 14, 2006, when this application, 11/638,354, was filedDec 14, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+192 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 24, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 24, 2027High confidence

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
Dec 14, 2006
Reel 18680, frame 776
Wang, Cheng-feng; Su, Chia-sheng; Bai, Sheng-wenUlead Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 27, 2008
Reel 20710, frame 360
Ulead Systems, Inc.Intervideo, Digital Technology CorporationMerger
Mar 28, 2008
Reel 20710, frame 684
Intervideo, Digital Technology CorporationCorel TW Corp.Merger
Nov 22, 2010
Reel 25387, frame 45
Corel TW CorporationCorel CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 16, 2013
Reel 30427, frame 331
Corel CorporationVector Cc Holdings, Srl; Vector CC Holdings III, SRL; Vector CC Holdings IV, SRLAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 16, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Corel CorporationVector Cc Holdings, SrlAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 16, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Corel CorporationVector CC Holdings III, SRLAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 16, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Corel CorporationVector CC Holdings IV, SRLAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 17, 2013
Reel 30427, frame 403
Vector Cc Holdings, Srl; Vector CC Holdings III, SRL; Vector CC Holdings IV, SRL8324450 Canada Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 1, 2013
Reel 30986, frame 268
Corel Corporation8324450 Canada Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee, and Replace the Assignment Previously Recorded on Reel 030427 Frame 0331. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment to 8324450 Canada Inc.
Dec 17, 2014
Reel 34651, frame 817
8324450 Canada Inc.8324450 Delaware LLCEntity Domicile Change
Jan 29, 2015
Reel 34839, frame 854
8324450 Delaware LLCCorel Software LLCChange of Name
Feb 23, 2015
Reel 35006, frame 623
Corel Software LLCIntel CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 19, 2026
Reel 76496, frame 266
Intel CorporationIntel Products IP LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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