Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 3, 2021 (Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch).
Term ends Jan 24, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 24, 2027
Held by Directv, LLC
Filed Jan 20, 2012 as application 13/355,421 · Granted Dec 4, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jan 24, 2007
Jan 24, 2007
Term ends
Jan 24, 2027
Jan 24, 2027
Granted
Dec 4, 2012
Dec 4, 2012
base term
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
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
14
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Jan 24, 2007, when application 11/626,707, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 20, 2012) | Jan 24, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 24, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,149,771 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 8,102,864 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2009/032344 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,127,041 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,311,048 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| Application 12/711,220 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2011/025756 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,325,747 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2012 Reel 29213, frame 938 | Khivesara, Amit; Liu, Xiaofeng; Mataga, Peter Andrew; Slepchin, Igor; Torkelson, Cary; Valloppillil, Vinod; Villanueva, Edgar | Roundbox, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 23, 2015 Reel 36161, frame 663 | 9200509 Canada Inc.,. | Orix Ventures, LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2015 Reel 36248, frame 837 | Roundbox, Inc. | 9200509 Canada Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 28, 2016 Reel 39204, frame 33 | Orix Ventures, LLC | 9200509 Canada Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 17, 2020 Reel 52184, frame 85 | Quickplay Media Inc. | Quickplay Media Co. | Change of Name |
| Mar 18, 2020 Reel 52152, frame 73 | 920059 Canada Inc. | Quickplay Media Co. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2020 Reel 52188, frame 914 | Quickplay Media Co. | QP Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2020 Reel 52189, frame 24 | QP Holdings, LLC | The Directv Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 29, 2021 Reel 57096, frame 1 | The Directv Group, Inc. | Directv, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 3, 2021 Reel 57695, frame 84 | Directv, LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Aug 5, 2021 Reel 58220, frame 531 | Directv, LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jan 25, 2024 Reel 66371, frame 690 | Directv, LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 3, 2025 Reel 72994, frame 1 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch (as Successor to Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch) | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Succession of Agency in Patent Security Interests |
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Jan 2027
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