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Serial Networking Fiber-To-The-Seat Inflight Entertainment System

US 8,659,990 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Lumexis Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 30, 2025 (Comerica Bank).

Term ends Aug 4, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Jul 30, 2010 as application 12/847,924 · Granted Feb 25, 2014
Base term plus 736 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2032
Clock starts
Jul 30, 2010
Term ends
Aug 4, 2032
Granted
Feb 25, 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
736
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
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 736 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 30, 2010, when this application, 12/847,924, was filedJul 30, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+736 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 4, 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 orderAug 4, 2032High confidence

This family

US 8,659,990this patent
Aug 2032
Aug 2032
Application 12/898,482Abandoned
not computed
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US 9,118,547In force
Jul 2030
Jul 2030
Application 14/817,110Abandoned
not computed
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US 9,532,082In force
Jul 2030
Jul 2030
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 8, 2011
Reel 26714, frame 131
Petrisor, Gregory C.; Cline, Douglas; Wicklund, RolfLumexis CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 5, 2015
Reel 36729, frame 778
Lumexis CorporationPar Investment Partners, L.p.Security Interest
Feb 25, 2016
Reel 37834, frame 212
Lumexis CorporationGlobal Eagle Entertainment, Inc.Security Interest
Mar 29, 2017
Reel 41789, frame 249
Lumexis CorporationGlobal Eagle Entertainment Inc.Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment
Mar 23, 2018
Reel 45323, frame 570
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.Citibank, N.a.Security Interest
Mar 28, 2018
Reel 45757, frame 165
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.Cortland Capital Market Services LLCSecurity Interest
Jul 19, 2019
Reel 49805, frame 904
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.Cortland Capital Market Services LLCFirst Amendment to Patent Security Agreement
Jul 22, 2019
Reel 49812, frame 565
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.Citibank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 15, 2021
Reel 57827, frame 1
Global Eagle Opco LLCAcquiom Agency Services LLCPatent Security Agreement (TAKEBACK)
Oct 15, 2021
Reel 57827, frame 153
Global Eagle Opco LLCAcquiom Agency Services LLCPatent Security Agreement (PRIORITY)
Oct 19, 2021
Reel 57859, frame 605
Citibank, N.a.Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.; MTN Satellite Communications; Maritime Telecommunications Network, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 19, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.a.Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 19, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.a.MTN Satellite CommunicationsRelease of Security Interest
Oct 19, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.a.Maritime Telecommunications Network, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 11, 2022
Reel 58691, frame 503
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.Anuvu Operations LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 14, 2022
Reel 58736, frame 598
Anuvu Operations LLCAnuvu IP Holdings LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 18, 2024
Reel 67776, frame 230
Anuvu Holdings 2 LLC; Anuvu Holdings 1 LLC; Anuvu IP Holdings LLC; Anuvu Licensing Holdings LLC; Anuvu Operations LLCAcquiom Agency Services LLCSecurity Interest
Oct 29, 2025
Reel 73420, frame 710
Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Collateral AgentAnuvu Holdings 2 LLC; Anuvu Holdings 1 LLC; Anuvu IP Holdings LLC; Anuvu Licensing Holdings LLC; Anuvu Operations LLCRelease of Security Interests in Intellectual Property Collateral (Recorded at Reel 067776/FRAME 0230)
Oct 29, 2025
Reel 73423, frame 961
Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Collateral AgentAnuvu IP Holdings LLCRelease of Security Interests in Intellectual Property Collateral (Recorded at Reel 057827/FRAME 0001; Reel 057827/FRAME 0153; and Reel 058736/FRAME 0598)
Oct 29, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Collateral AgentAnuvu Holdings 2 LLCRelease of Security Interests in Intellectual Property Collateral (Recorded at Reel 067776/FRAME 0230)
Oct 29, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Collateral AgentAnuvu Holdings 1 LLCRelease of Security Interests in Intellectual Property Collateral (Recorded at Reel 067776/FRAME 0230)
Oct 29, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Collateral AgentAnuvu IP Holdings LLCRelease of Security Interests in Intellectual Property Collateral (Recorded at Reel 067776/FRAME 0230)
Oct 29, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Collateral AgentAnuvu Licensing Holdings LLCRelease of Security Interests in Intellectual Property Collateral (Recorded at Reel 067776/FRAME 0230)
Oct 29, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Collateral AgentAnuvu Operations LLCRelease of Security Interests in Intellectual Property Collateral (Recorded at Reel 067776/FRAME 0230)
Oct 30, 2025
Reel 73405, frame 129
Anuvu Holdings LLCComerica BankSecurity Interest

Sources

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