Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 13, 2012 (Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.).
Term ends no later than May 13, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 8, 2026
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Vidyo, Inc.
Filed Dec 8, 2006 as application 11/608,776 · Granted Jul 7, 2015
Base term plus 1617 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2031
Clock starts
Dec 8, 2006
Dec 8, 2006
Ends no later than
May 13, 2031
May 13, 2031
Granted
Jul 7, 2015
Jul 7, 2015
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
1,617
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
3
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 1617 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Dec 8, 2006, when this application, 11/608,776, was filed | Dec 8, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1617 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 13, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than May 13, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,077,964 | this patent no later than May 2031 | no later than May 2031 |
| US 8,804,848 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 9,179,160 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2007 Reel 19819, frame 493 | Layered Media, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. | Security Interest |
| May 11, 2007 Reel 19306, frame 782 | Cipolli, Stephen; Civanlar, Reha; Eleftheriadis, Alexandros; Lennox, Jonathan; Sasson, Roi; Saxena, Manoj; Shapiro, Ofer | Layered Media | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 17, 2007 Reel 19973, frame 231 | Layered Media, Inc. | Vidyo, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 4, 2008 Reel 20471, frame 559 | Vidyo, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Feb 4, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Vidyo, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Feb 4, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Vidyo, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Nov 11, 2010 Reel 25347, frame 52 | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. | Vidyo, Inc. | Release |
| Nov 11, 2010 Reel 25347, frame 57 | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. | Vidyo, Inc. | Release |
| Nov 13, 2012 Reel 29291, frame 306 | Vidyo, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 26, 2018 Reel 46634, frame 325 | Venture Lending and Leasing VI, Inc. | Vidyo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2018 Reel 46737, frame 421 | Vidyo, Inc. | Esw Holdings, Inc. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2031
Term ends no later than May 13, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 1617 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than May 13, 2031. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
153
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.