Lapsed Mar 29, 2019 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 8, 2021
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by The Directv Group, Inc.
Filed Aug 8, 2001 as application 09/925,109 · Granted Mar 29, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Mar 29, 2019
2001
2026
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2001
Aug 8, 2001
No longer in force
Mar 29, 2019
Mar 29, 2019
Granted
Mar 29, 2011
Mar 29, 2011
Term would have run to
Oct 8, 2024
Oct 8, 2024
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
1,157
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
32
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Oct 8, 2024: its 20-year base term plus 1157 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Aug 8, 2001, when this application, 09/925,109, was filed | Aug 8, 2021 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1157 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 8, 2024 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 29, 2019 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 29, 2019 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,356,246 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 8,949,374 | Term ended Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 7,917,602 | this patent Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| Application 09/925,121 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,904,503 | Term ended Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 9,171,851 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| Application 09/976,038 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,571,934 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
8 of 32 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2002 Reel 12675, frame 199 | Sweatt, Millard E., III; Woodward, Don | Replaytv, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 28, 2003 Reel 14314, frame 210 | Matichuk, Chris E.; Sunner, Gurminder; Regnier, Alain; Mohan, Sunil | Digital Networks North America, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2003 Reel 14337, frame 499 | Replaytv, Inc. | Digital Networks North America, Inc. | Asset Purchase |
| Oct 20, 2003 Reel 14603, frame 116 | Matichuk, Chris E.; Sunner, Gurminder; Regnier, Alan; Mohan, Sunil | Replaytv, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 1, 2004 Reel 14669, frame 612 | Digital Networks North America, Inc. | Deutsche Bank AG, Tokyo Branch, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 11, 2006 Reel 18375, frame 142 | Deutsche Bank AG, Tokyo Branch | Digital Networks North America, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 25, 2008 Reel 20550, frame 982 | Digital Networks North America, Inc. | The Directv Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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The 1157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
51
later US patents cite this one
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