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Adaptive Weighting of Reference Pictures in Video Decoding

US 8,144,785 Term ended
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Term ended Apr 9, 2023 · High confidence

USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Apr 29, 2024.

Filed Oct 1, 2010 as application 12/924,717 · Granted Mar 27, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Apr 9, 2023
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Apr 9, 2003
Term ended
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Mar 27, 2012
base term 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
None
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No prosecution delay on this record.
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Maintenance fees paid
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 9, 2003, when application 10/410,481, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 1, 2010)Apr 9, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
USPTO status recordRecorded as expired for non-payment on Apr 29, 2024, after the term endedno changeHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 9, 2023High confidence

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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
Oct 1, 2010
Reel 25147, frame 990
Boyce, Jill MacdonaldThomson Licensing S.A.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 18, 2015
Reel 35958, frame 394
Thomson Licensing S.A.Thomson LicensingChange of Name
Oct 23, 2018
Reel 47289, frame 698
Thomson LicensingInterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

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