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Digital Content Curation and Distribution System and Method

US 8,635,220 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 29, 2024 (PNC Bank, National Association).

Term ends Jul 14, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Apr 20, 2012 as application 13/452,505 · Granted Jan 21, 2014
Base term plus 85 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Apr 20, 2012
Term ends
Jul 14, 2032
Granted
Jan 21, 2014
base term patent term adjustment 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
85
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.
5
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This patent's term runs 85 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 20, 2012, when this application, 13/452,505, was filedApr 20, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+85 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 14, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 14, 2032High 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
Apr 23, 2012
Reel 28089, frame 441
Garthwaite, Field J.; Clausen, David; Hovey, Pehr; Owens, WinstonJBTV, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 8, 2013
Reel 31393, frame 163
JBTV LLCIris.tv, Inc.Change of Name
Nov 25, 2024
Reel 69398, frame 69
Iris.tv, Inc.Iris.tv LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 25, 2024
Reel 69398, frame 133
Iris.tv LLCViant Technology LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 29, 2024
Reel 69435, frame 848
Viant Technology LLCPnc Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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