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System and Method for Providing Network Access to Antenna Feeds

US 9,131,276 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Aereo, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 17, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Nov 17, 2011 as application 13/299,186 · Granted Sep 8, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Nov 17, 2011
Term ends
Nov 17, 2031
Granted
Sep 8, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,060,156, to Nov 17, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 17, 2011, when this application, 13/299,186, was filedNov 17, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,060,156)resolves to Nov 17, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 17, 2031High confidence

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
Jan 31, 2012
Reel 27628, frame 721
Kanojia, Chaitanya; Lipowski, Joseph ThaddeusAereo, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 13, 2015
Reel 35163, frame 717
Aereo, Inc.RPX CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 29, 2018
Reel 46486, frame 433
RPX CorporationJefferies Finance LLCSecurity Interest
Aug 24, 2018
Reel 46692, frame 968
RPX CorporationCharter Communications Operating, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 26, 2020
Reel 54486, frame 422
Jefferies Finance LLCRPX CorporationRelease of Security 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.

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