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Method and System for Remote Television Replay Control

US 8,949,374 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 3, 2021 (Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch).

Term ended Oct 9, 2024 · High confidence

Held by Directv, LLC
Filed Aug 8, 2001 as application 09/925,120 · Granted Feb 3, 2015
Base term plus 1158 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Oct 9, 2024
2001 2026
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2001
Term ended
Oct 9, 2024
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
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
1,158
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
32
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 1158 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 8, 2001, when this application, 09/925,120, was filedAug 8, 2021High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1158 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 9, 2024High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 9, 2024High confidence

This family

US 7,356,246Term ended
May 2024
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US 8,949,374this patent
Oct 2024
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US 7,917,602Lapsed on the fee record
Mar 2019
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Application 09/925,121Abandoned
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US 7,904,503Term ended
Aug 2023
Aug 2023
US 9,171,851In force
Jan 2030
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Application 09/976,038Abandoned
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US 8,571,934In force
Jan 2030
Jan 2030
8 of 32 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 8, 2001
Reel 12073, frame 632
Hastings, Jeff; Woodward, Don; Matichuk, Chris E.; Kianersi, Shahriar; Sunner, Gurminder; Regnier, Alain; Mohan, Sunil; Cooney, Hugh E.; King, Edward; Pignon, Philippe; Nudelman, MarkReplaytv, Inc. a Delaware CorporationInvalid Assignment, See Recording at Reel 012284, Frame 0956, Re-Recorded to Correct Microfilm Pages from 18 to 19.
Aug 8, 2001
Reel 12284, frame 956
Hastings, Jeff; Woodward, Don; Matichuk, Chris E.; Kianersi, Shahriar; Sunner, Gurminder; Regnier, Alain; Mohan, Sunil; Cooney, Hugh E.; King, Edward; Pignon, Philippe; Nudelman, MarkReplaytv, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 10, 2001
Reel 12242, frame 355
Sweatt, Millard E., IIIReplaytv, Inc., a Delaware CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 4, 2003
Reel 14337, frame 499
Replaytv, Inc.Digital Networks North America, Inc.Asset Purchase
Jun 1, 2004
Reel 14669, frame 612
Digital Networks North America, Inc.Deutsche Bank AG, Tokyo Branch, as Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
Oct 11, 2006
Reel 18375, frame 142
Deutsche Bank AG, Tokyo BranchDigital Networks North America, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 25, 2008
Reel 20550, frame 982
Digital Networks North America, Inc.The Directv Group, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 29, 2021
Reel 57018, frame 460
The Directv Group, Inc.Directv, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 3, 2021
Reel 57695, frame 84
Directv, LLCCredit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Aug 5, 2021
Reel 58220, frame 531
Directv, LLCThe Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Jan 25, 2024
Reel 66371, frame 690
Directv, LLCThe Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Oct 3, 2025
Reel 72994, frame 1
UBS AG, Stamford Branch (as Successor to Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch)UBS AG, Stamford BranchSuccession of Agency in Patent Security Interests

Sources

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