Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 8, 2026 (Bank of America, N.A).
Term ends Apr 17, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 17, 2027
Held by Cox Communications, LLC
Filed Dec 3, 2010 as application 12/959,731 · Granted Oct 21, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Apr 17, 2007
Apr 17, 2007
Term ends
Apr 17, 2027
Apr 17, 2027
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Oct 21, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
8
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. 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 17, 2007, when application 11/787,732, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 3, 2010) | Apr 17, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 17, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,418,204 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| Application 12/126,025 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 12/126,096 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,789,102 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 9,135,334 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,806,532 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| Application 12/545,099 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,869,191 | this patent Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2011 Reel 25760, frame 941 | Pickelsimer, Lisa A.; Patil, Anant; Thompson, Catherine; Nijim, Yousef Wasef | Cox Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 19, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Cox Communications, Inc. | Cox Communications, LLC | Certificate of Conversion |
| Sep 8, 2026 Reel 76381, frame 198 | Cox Communications, LLC (F/K/A Cox Communications, Inc.) | Bank of America, N.A, as Administrative Agent | Supplemental Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 9, 2026 Reel 76345, frame 641 | Cox Communications, LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. | Supplemental Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 9, 2026 Reel 76347, frame 18 | Cox Communications, LLC | Wells Fargo Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee | Supplemental Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2027
Term ends Apr 17, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
46
later US patents cite this one
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