Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 8, 2026 (Bank of America, N.A).
Term ends Jan 1, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 22, 2024
Held by Cox Communications, LLC
Filed Mar 22, 2004 as application 10/805,728 · Granted Sep 22, 2009
Base term plus 1015 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Mar 22, 2004
Mar 22, 2004
Term ends
Jan 1, 2027
Jan 1, 2027
Granted
Sep 22, 2009
Sep 22, 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
1,015
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.
3
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 1015 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 22, 2004, when this application, 10/805,728, was filed | Mar 22, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1015 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 1, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 1, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,594,254 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2005/007468 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,344,756 | Term ended Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2004 Reel 15512, frame 526 | Parnell, James; Schrier, Matthew; Denison, John; Wurtz, John | Tvgateway, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 20, 2004 Reel 15177, frame 980 | Tvgateway, LLC | Sedna Patent Services, LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 11, 2008 Reel 21817, frame 486 | Sedna Patent Services, LLC | Cox Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 19, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Cox Communications, Inc. | Cox Communications, LLC | Certificate of Conversion |
| Sep 8, 2026 Reel 76381, frame 198 | Cox Communications, LLC (F/K/A Cox Communications, Inc.) | Bank of America, N.A, as Administrative Agent | Supplemental Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 9, 2026 Reel 76345, frame 641 | Cox Communications, LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. | Supplemental Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 9, 2026 Reel 76347, frame 18 | Cox Communications, LLC | Wells Fargo Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee | Supplemental Patent Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 1, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1015 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
59
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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