Also listed on Ami Holdings Limited, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 11, 2022 (Fifth Third Bank, National Association).
Term ends Nov 28, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 25, 2029
Held by Ami Entertainment Network, LLC
Filed Mar 25, 2009 as application 12/383,823 · Granted Jul 23, 2013
Base term plus 613 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Mar 25, 2009
Mar 25, 2009
Term ends
Nov 28, 2030
Nov 28, 2030
Granted
Jul 23, 2013
Jul 23, 2013
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
613
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.
3
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 runs 613 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
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 Mar 25, 2009, when this application, 12/383,823, was filed | Mar 25, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +613 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 28, 2030 | 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 | Nov 28, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,493,339 | this patent Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| Application 13/895,851 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,239,695 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2009 Reel 22211, frame 774 | Erbrick, Robert S.; Homacki, Joseph W. | Electroline Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 29, 2009 Reel 22754, frame 686 | Feehen, Kenneth A.; Schmidt, David S.; Spielman, Howard L. | Ecast, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 3, 2012 Reel 28151, frame 101 | Ecast, Inc. | Ami Entertainment Network, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 22, 2013 Reel 31475, frame 29 | Ami Entertainment Network, Inc. | Ami Entertainment Network, LLC | Change of Name |
| Oct 22, 2013 Reel 31475, frame 209 | Ami Entertainment Network, LLC | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland | Security Agreement |
| Jul 24, 2017 Reel 43305, frame 208 | Ami Entertainment | BSP Agency, LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 31, 2017 Reel 43466, frame 570 | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland | Ami Entertainment Network, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 5, 2021 Reel 55823, frame 988 | BSP Agency, LLC | Ami Entertainment Network, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 6, 2021 Reel 55833, frame 11 | Ami Entertainment Network, LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Interest |
| Jun 30, 2022 Reel 60370, frame 417 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Ami Entertainment Network, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 11, 2022 Reel 60619, frame 730 | Ami Entertainment Network, LLC | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2030
Term ends Nov 28, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 613 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.