Term ends Sep 26, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 13, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Livetv, LLC
Filed Oct 15, 2008 as application 12/252,296 · Granted Dec 23, 2014
Base term plus 1292 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2031
Clock starts
Mar 13, 2008
Mar 13, 2008
Term ends
Sep 26, 2031
Sep 26, 2031
Granted
Dec 23, 2014
Dec 23, 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
1,292
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.
14
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 1292 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Mar 13, 2008, when application 12/047,349, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 15, 2008); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 13, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1292 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 26, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 26, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,776,146 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,917,207 | this patent 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 | Lapsed on the fee record 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2009 Reel 22068, frame 220 | Frisco, Jeffrey; Lynch, Michael; Keen, Robert; Anderson, Brian | 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
Sep 2031
Term ends Sep 26, 2031.
Note
The 1292 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
74
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.