Lapsed Apr 23, 2021 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 28, 2018
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Mar 7, 2007 as application 11/714,868 · Granted Apr 23, 2013
Base term plus 1069 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Lapsed Apr 23, 2021
1998
2026
Clock starts
Sep 28, 1998
Sep 28, 1998
Term ended
Apr 23, 2021
Apr 23, 2021
Granted
Apr 23, 2013
Apr 23, 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
1,069
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,206,417.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
176
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 Sep 28, 2018: its 20-year base term plus 1069 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. Confidence: Medium. 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 Sep 28, 1998, when application 09/161,584, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 7, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 28, 2018 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1069 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 1, 2021 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,206,417) | capped to Sep 28, 2018 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 23, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 23, 2021 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,646,339 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 7,749,083 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2018 | Jul 2018 |
| US 7,206,417 | Term ended Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 |
| US 8,103,589 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,151,304 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| US 8,332,895 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 |
| US 9,330,529 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2020 | May 2020 |
| US 8,428,273 | this patent Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
8 of 176 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2007 Reel 20053, frame 688 | TouchTunes Music Corporation | National Bank of Canada | Security Agreement (PATENTS) |
| Dec 12, 2007 Reel 20227, frame 706 | TouchTunes Music Corporation | Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jan 30, 2008 Reel 20431, frame 822 | National Bank of Canada | Touchtones Music Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 14, 2012 Reel 27700, frame 488 | Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P. | TouchTunes Music Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 21, 2012 Reel 27735, frame 525 | TouchTunes Music Corporation | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Sep 23, 2015 Reel 36699, frame 813 | TouchTunes Music Corporation | Citizens Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Sep 24, 2015 Reel 36680, frame 632 | TouchTunes Music Corporation | Citizens Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Mar 6, 2020 Reel 52115, frame 117 | Citizens Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | TouchTunes Music Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 4, 2022 Reel 59593, frame 557 | Citizens Bank, National Association (Collateral Agent) | TouchTunes Music Corporation (Grantor) | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Note
The 1069 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,206,417.
Citations
204
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.