Also listed on Inlet Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 25, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 8, 2024
Held by NDS Limited
Filed Sep 8, 2004 as application 10/935,991 · Granted Feb 1, 2011
Base term plus 1873 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2029
Clock starts
Sep 8, 2004
Sep 8, 2004
Term ends
Oct 25, 2029
Oct 25, 2029
Granted
Feb 1, 2011
Feb 1, 2011
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
1,873
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.
2
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 1873 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 Sep 8, 2004, when this application, 10/935,991, was filed | Sep 8, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1873 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 25, 2029 | 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 | Oct 25, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,881,546 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2005/031836 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2004 Reel 16045, frame 586 | Page, Neal S.; Labrozzi, Scott C.; Shaffer, Gary K.; Jacobsen, Philip G. | Inlet Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 30, 2007 Reel 20034, frame 419 | Inlet Technologies, Inc. | Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Core Capital Partners II-S, L.P.; Core Capital Partners Fund II, L.P.; Douglas Family Limited Partnership; Technology Venture Partners, LP; Tvp Affiliates Fund, L.p.; Tdfundii, LP; Ronald C. Duff; Peter Cresse | Security Agreement |
| Oct 30, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Inlet Technologies, Inc. | Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 30, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Inlet Technologies, Inc. | Core Capital Partners II-S, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 30, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Inlet Technologies, Inc. | Core Capital Partners Fund II, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 30, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Inlet Technologies, Inc. | Douglas Family Limited Partnership | Security Agreement |
| Oct 30, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Inlet Technologies, Inc. | Technology Venture Partners, LP | Security Agreement |
| Oct 30, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Inlet Technologies, Inc. | Tvp Affiliates Fund, L.p. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 30, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Inlet Technologies, Inc. | Tdfundii, LP | Security Agreement |
| Oct 30, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Inlet Technologies, Inc. | Ronald C. Duff | Security Agreement |
| Oct 30, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Inlet Technologies, Inc. | Peter Cresse | Security Agreement |
| Feb 28, 2011 Reel 25873, frame 261 | Inlet Technologies, Inc. (a North Carolina Corporation) | Inlet Technologies, Inc. (a Delaware Corporation) | Merger |
| Mar 3, 2011 Reel 25892, frame 763 | Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Core Capital Partners II-S, L.P.; Core Capital Partners Fund II, L.P.; Technology Venture Partners, L.p.; Tvp Affiliates Fund, L.p.; Tdfundii, L.p.; Douglas Family Limited Partnership; Duff, Ronald C.; Cresse, Peter | Inlet Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 26, 2011 Reel 27127, frame 465 | Inlet Technologies LLC | Cisco Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2011 Reel 27129, frame 247 | Inlet Technologies, Inc. | Inlet Technologies LLC | Change of Name |
| Oct 30, 2018 Reel 47364, frame 34 | Triton US VP Acquisition Co. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (First Lien) |
| Oct 31, 2018 Reel 47376, frame 449 | Triton US VP Acquisition Co. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (Second Lien) |
| Nov 5, 2018 Reel 47419, frame 1 | Cisco Technology, Inc. | Triton US VP Acquisition Co. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 4, 2019 Reel 50113, frame 701 | Triton US VP Acquisition Co. | NDS Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 2, 2021 Reel 57049, frame 808 | Cisco Technology, Inc. | Triton US VP Acquisition Co. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Owner Change Previously Recorded at Reel: 050113 Frame: 0701. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Dec 5, 2023 Reel 65766, frame 64 | Bank Of America, N. A. | Synamedia Vividtec Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 5, 2023 Reel 65775, frame 517 | Synamedia Vividtec Holdings, Inc. | Adams Street Credit Advisors LP | Security Agreement |
| Dec 18, 2023 Reel 65902, frame 726 | Synamedia Vivdtec Holdings, Inc. | Denali European Opportunities Designated Activity Company | Security Interest |
| Dec 9, 2025 Reel 73156, frame 488 | Denali European Opportunities Designated Activity Company | Synamedia Vividtec Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 29, 2026 Reel 75124, frame 159 | Adams Street Credit Advisors LP | Synamedia Vividtec Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 25, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1873 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.