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Communication Protocol for Controlling Transfer of Temporal Data Over a Bus Between Devices in Synchronization with a Periodic Reference Signal

US 7,949,777 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 8, 2023 (Sixth Street Lending Partners).

Term ends Jan 3, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Nov 1, 2002 as application 10/286,215 · Granted May 24, 2011
Base term plus 2620 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2002 2030
Clock starts
Nov 1, 2002
Term ends
Jan 3, 2030
Granted
May 24, 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
2,620
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
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This patent's term runs 2620 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 1, 2002, when this application, 10/286,215, was filedNov 1, 2022High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+2620 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 3, 2030High 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 orderJan 3, 2030High confidence

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US 8,656,045Term ended
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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
Nov 1, 2002
Reel 13464, frame 452
Wallace, Ron; Der, Harry; Corbett, Martin; Fetters, TerrenceAvid Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 9, 2010
Reel 25675, frame 413
Avid Technology, Inc.; Pinnacle Systems, Inc.Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as AgentSecurity Agreement
Jun 23, 2015
Reel 36008, frame 824
Avid Technology, Inc.Keybank National Association, as the Administrative AgentPatent Security Agreement
Jun 30, 2015
Reel 36037, frame 693
Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLCAvid Technology Inc.; Avid Systems, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 30, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLCAvid Technology Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 30, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLCAvid Systems, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 26, 2016
Reel 37939, frame 958
Avid Technology, Inc.Cerberus Business Finance, LLC, as Collateral AgentAssignment for Security -- Patents
Mar 1, 2016
Reel 37970, frame 201
Keybank National AssociationAvid Technology, Inc.Release of Security Interest in United States Patents
Jan 5, 2021
Reel 54900, frame 716
Avid Technology, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 5, 2021
Reel 55731, frame 19
Cerberus Business Finance, LLCAvid Technology, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 8, 2023
Reel 65523, frame 146
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Avid Technology, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 054900/0716)
Nov 8, 2023
Reel 65523, frame 194
Avid Technology, Inc.Sixth Street Lending Partners, as Administrative AgentPatent Security Agreement

Sources

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

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