Lapsed Aug 12, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 22, 2030
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Livetv, LLC
Filed Jun 22, 2010 as application 12/820,348 · Granted Aug 12, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 162 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 12, 2026
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jun 22, 2010
Jun 22, 2010
No longer in force
Aug 12, 2026
Aug 12, 2026
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Aug 12, 2014
Term would have run to
Dec 1, 2030
Dec 1, 2030
base term
patent term adjustment
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
162
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
2 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.
14
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 Dec 1, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 162 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Jun 22, 2010, when this application, 12/820,348, was filed | Jun 22, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +162 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 1, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 12, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 12, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,776,146 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,917,207 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 8,856,838 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 9,143,732 | In force no later than Dec 2031 | no later than Dec 2031 |
| US 8,806,521 | this patent Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 10,212,393 | In force no later than Nov 2034 | no later than Nov 2034 |
| US 9,003,454 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 10,291,495 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2010 Reel 24932, frame 675 | Keen, R. Michael; Frisco, Jeffrey A. | Livetv, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 162 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Aug 12, 2026. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
21
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 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.