Term ended Jan 22, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 27, 2025
Held by Adeia Solutions LLC
Filed Jan 30, 2012 as application 13/361,657 · Granted Mar 10, 2015
Base term plus 26 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Jan 22, 2026
2005
2026
Clock starts
Dec 27, 2005
Dec 27, 2005
Term ended
Jan 22, 2026
Jan 22, 2026
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Mar 10, 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
26
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,107,010, to Jan 22, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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 26 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Dec 27, 2005, when application 11/318,767, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 30, 2012) | Dec 27, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +26 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,107,010) | resolves to Jan 22, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 22, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,107,010 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,976,297 | this patent Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 9,826,279 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 10,405,053 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 10,791,377 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 11,297,394 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 12,363,391 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2012 Reel 27883, frame 215 | Peters, Gregory; Putterman, Daniel; Bullwinkle, Richard; Dietrich, Bradley | Mediabolic, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 19, 2012 Reel 27883, frame 265 | Macrovision Corporation | Rovi Solutions Corporation | Change of Name |
| Mar 19, 2012 Reel 27883, frame 268 | Mediabolic, Inc. | Macrovision Corporation | Merger |
| Jul 24, 2014 Reel 33407, frame 35 | Aptiv Digital, Inc.; Gemstar Development Corporation; Index Systems Inc.; Rovi Guides, Inc.; Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Sonic Solutions LLC; Starsight Telecast, Inc.; United Video Properties, Inc.; Veveo, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 22, 2019 Reel 51143, frame 468 | Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc. | HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 25, 2019 Reel 51110, frame 6 | Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 25, 2019 Reel 51145, frame 90 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Aptiv Digital Inc.; Gemstar Development Corporation; Index Systems Inc.; Rovi Guides, Inc.; Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Sonic Solutions LLC; Starsight Telecast, Inc.; United Video Properties, Inc.; Veveo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 25, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Aptiv Digital Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 25, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Gemstar Development Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 25, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Index Systems Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 25, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Rovi Guides, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 25, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Rovi Solutions Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 25, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Rovi Technologies Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 25, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Sonic Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 25, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Starsight Telecast, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 25, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | United Video Properties, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 25, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Veveo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Jun 1, 2020 Reel 53468, frame 1 | Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions Inc.; Veveo, Inc.; Invensas Corporation; Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc.; Tessera, Inc.; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; DTS, Inc.; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 Reel 53458, frame 749 | HPS Investment Partners, LLC | Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 Reel 53481, frame 790 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | HPS Investment Partners, LLC | Rovi Solutions Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | HPS Investment Partners, LLC | Rovi Technologies Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | HPS Investment Partners, LLC | Rovi Guides, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | HPS Investment Partners, LLC | TiVo Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | HPS Investment Partners, LLC | Veveo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Rovi Solutions Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Rovi Technologies Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Rovi Guides, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | TiVo Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Veveo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 25, 2024 Reel 69047, frame 372 | Rovi Solutions Corporation | Rovi Solutions LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 25, 2024 Reel 69047, frame 464 | Rovi Solutions LLC | Adeia Solutions LLC | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Note
The 26 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,107,010, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2015 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.