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System and Method for Switching Between Audio Content While Navigating Through Video Streams

US 9,066,048 In force
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Term ends Jan 27, 2034 · High confidence

Held by Spotify AB
Filed Jan 27, 2014 as application 14/165,512 · Granted Jun 23, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jan 27, 2014
Term ends
Jan 27, 2034
Granted
Jun 23, 2015
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.
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
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 27, 2014, when this application, 14/165,512, was filedJan 27, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 27, 2034High confidence

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US 9,066,048this patent
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Application 14/165,514Abandoned
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Application PCT/US2014/042571PCT application
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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
Jun 16, 2014
Reel 33112, frame 967
Hoffert, Eric; Berkley, Mike; Faaborg, Kevin; Soderstrom, GustavSpotify ABAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 29, 2014
Reel 34709, frame 364
Spotify ABMorgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentSupplemental Patent Security Agreement
Jun 13, 2016
Reel 38982, frame 327
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Spotify ABRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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