Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 1, 2020 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ended Nov 20, 2021 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 20, 2021
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Apr 14, 2025.
Held by Rovi Technologies Corporation
Filed Apr 30, 2010 as application 12/771,004 · Granted Mar 12, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Nov 20, 2021
2001
2026
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2001
Nov 20, 2001
Term ended
Nov 20, 2021
Nov 20, 2021
Granted
Mar 12, 2013
Mar 12, 2013
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
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
11
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. 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 Nov 20, 2001, when application 09/997,477, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 30, 2010) | Nov 20, 2021 | 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Apr 14, 2025, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 20, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,711,774 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 7,503,059 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 8,504,652 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| Application 11/527,279 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,122,466 | Term ended Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
| US 8,909,729 | Term ended Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 8,046,813 | Term ended Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 |
| US 8,396,931 | this patent Nov 2021 | Nov 2021 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2010 Reel 24583, frame 959 | Rothschild, Leigh M | Reagan Inventions, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 26, 2010 Reel 24738, frame 636 | Reagan Inventions, LLC | Portulim Foundation LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 31, 2015 Reel 37391, frame 291 | Portulim Foundation LLC | Nytell Software LLC | Merger |
| Jan 7, 2019 Reel 47922, frame 669 | Nytell Software LLC | Intellectual Ventures Assets 122 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 25, 2019 Reel 48143, frame 607 | Rovi Corporation | Rovi Technologies Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 25, 2019 Reel 48143, frame 615 | Intellectual Ventures Assets 127 LLC; Intellectual Ventures Assets 122 LLC | Rovi Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 22, 2019 Reel 51143, frame 468 | Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc. | HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 25, 2019 Reel 51110, frame 6 | Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 1, 2020 Reel 53468, frame 1 | Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions Inc.; Veveo, Inc.; Invensas Corporation; Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc.; Tessera, Inc.; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; DTS, Inc.; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 Reel 53458, frame 749 | HPS Investment Partners, LLC | Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 Reel 53481, frame 790 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | HPS Investment Partners, LLC | Rovi Solutions Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | HPS Investment Partners, LLC | Rovi Technologies Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | HPS Investment Partners, LLC | Rovi Guides, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | HPS Investment Partners, LLC | TiVo Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | HPS Investment Partners, LLC | Veveo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Rovi Solutions Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Rovi Technologies Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Rovi Guides, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | TiVo Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Veveo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
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