Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 30, 2021 (U.S. Bank, National Association).
Lapsed Oct 21, 2026 on the fee record · Low confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 28, 2025
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. The USPTO has not yet posted the lapse.
Held by Dish Technologies LLC
Filed Apr 28, 2005 as application 11/116,783 · Granted Oct 21, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 2167 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Oct 21, 2026
2005
2031
Clock starts
Apr 28, 2005
Apr 28, 2005
No longer in force
Oct 21, 2026
Oct 21, 2026
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Oct 21, 2014
Term would have run to
Apr 4, 2031
Apr 4, 2031
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
2,167
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
68
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 Apr 4, 2031: its 20-year base term plus 2167 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: Low. 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 Apr 28, 2005, when this application, 11/116,783, was filed | Apr 28, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2167 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 4, 2031 | 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 | No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case" | lapsed Oct 21, 2026 | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 21, 2026 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 7,048,906 | Term ended Jan 2017 | Jan 2017 |
| US 7,081,239 | Term ended no later than Jun 2015 | no later than Jun 2015 |
| US 7,244,412 | Term ended Dec 2015 | Dec 2015 |
| US 7,056,686 | Term ended Aug 2019 | Aug 2019 |
| US 8,868,772 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 7,452,857 | Term ended no later than Jan 2020 | no later than Jan 2020 |
| US 7,736,622 | Term ended Aug 2017 | Aug 2017 |
| Application 11/411,733 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 68 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2006 Reel 18020, frame 750 | Major, R. Drew; Hurst, Mark B. | Move Networks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 13, 2010 Reel 24383, frame 738 | Move Networks, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Dec 31, 2010 Reel 25570, frame 47 | Move Networks, Inc. | EchoStar Advanced Technologies L.L.C. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 31, 2010 Reel 25570, frame 63 | Silicon Valley Bank | Move Networks, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2013 Reel 29894, frame 512 | EchoStar Advanced Technologies L.L.C. | Dish Digital L.L.C. | Change of Name |
| Aug 4, 2014 Reel 33470, frame 726 | Dish Digital L.L.C. | EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 18, 2018 Reel 47264, frame 127 | EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. | Dish Technologies L.L.C. | Change of Name |
| Aug 8, 2018 Reel 47286, frame 795 | EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. | Dish Technologies L.L.C. | Conversion |
| Apr 5, 2021 Reel 55821, frame 731 | Major, R. Drew; Hurst, Mark B. | Dish Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 30, 2021 Reel 58295, frame 293 | Dish Broadcasting Corporation; Dish Network L.L.C.; Dish Technologies L.L.C. | U.S. Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
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The 2167 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
43
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.
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