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Systems and Methods for Acquiring, Categorizing and Delivering Media in Interactive Media Guidance Applications

US 8,832,742 in-force Adeia Guides Inc · Filed Dec 18, 2006 · Granted Sep 9, 2014

Also listed on Uv Corp., which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jan 12, 2028

Base term plus 390 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires in 16 months
2006 2028
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2006
Granted
Sep 9, 2014
Term ends
Jan 12, 2028
base term patent term adjustment fee events Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
390
Days of PTA
8
Applications in this family

This patent's term runs 390 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: High. from the record

How this date was computed

Every step shows its rule, its input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisionalClock starts Dec 18, 2006Dec 18, 2026High
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh
Patent term adjustment+390 days, USPTO PTA recordJan 12, 2028High
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidin-forceHigh
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 12, 2028High

The computation, verbatim

base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2006-12-18+20y | =2026-12-18 | PTA+390d=2028-01-12 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2018-02-22,8yr@2022-03-01,12yr@2026-02-24 | status=in-force@2028-01-12

This family

US 8,832,742this patentJan 2028
US 8,381,249in-forceJun 2028
US 9,215,504in-forceDec 2026
US 9,386,350in-forceDec 2026
Application 15/198,267abandonednot computed
US 9,615,138in-forceDec 2026
Application 15/434,965abandonednot computed

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
Dec 18, 2006
reel/frame not recorded
Bryant, Jay S.; Rasanen, KirstenUnited Video Properties, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 15, 2008
reel/frame not recorded
Aptiv Digital, Inc.; Gemstar Development Corporation; Gemstar-Tv Guide International, Inc.; Index Systems Inc; Macrovision Corporation; Ods Properties, Inc.; Starsight Telecast, Inc.; TV Guide Online, LLC; United Video Properties, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.Security Agreement
Oct 29, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (A National Association)All Media Guide, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 29, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (A National Association)Aptiv Digital, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 29, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (A National Association)Gemstar Development CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Oct 29, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (A National Association)Index Systems Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 29, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (A National Association)Ods Properties, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 29, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (A National Association)Rovi Data Solutions, Inc. (FORMERLY Known as TV Guide Data Solutions, Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Oct 29, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (A National Association)Rovi Guides, Inc. (FORMERLY Known as Gemstar-Tv Guide International, Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Oct 29, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (A National Association)Rovi Solutions Corporation (FORMERLY Known as Macrovision Corporation)Release of Security Interest
Oct 29, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (A National Association)Rovi Solutions Limited (FORMERLY Known as Macrovision Europe Limited)Release of Security Interest
Oct 29, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (A National Association)Rovi Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest
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