Also listed on Roxio, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 23, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 1, 2019
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Adeia Technologies Inc.
Filed Aug 23, 2006 as application 11/509,503 · Granted Jan 12, 2016
Base term plus 2913 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
1999
2027
Clock starts
Feb 1, 1999
Feb 1, 1999
Term ends
Jan 23, 2027
Jan 23, 2027
Granted
Jan 12, 2016
Jan 12, 2016
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
2,913
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.
2
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 2913 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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 Feb 1, 1999, when application 09/240,844, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 23, 2006); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 1, 2019 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2913 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 23, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 23, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,235,428 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
1 of 2 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
The 40 most recent of 45 recorded documents are shown; the 5 earliest are not. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Sonic Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 22, 2014 Reel 33378, frame 685 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as Collateral Agent | All Media Guide, LLC; Divx, LLC; Sonic Solutions LLC | Patent Release |
| Jul 22, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as Collateral Agent | All Media Guide, LLC | Patent Release |
| Jul 22, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as Collateral Agent | Divx, LLC | Patent Release |
| Jul 22, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as Collateral Agent | Sonic Solutions LLC | Patent Release |
| 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 |
| Feb 2, 2015 Reel 34865, frame 993 | Smith, Jeffrey A.; Page, Alan; Maruvada, S. Prassad; Northmore, Scott A. | Mgi Software Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2015 Reel 34866, frame 9 | Mgi Software Corp. | Roxio, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2015 Reel 34866, frame 51 | Roxio, Inc. | Sonic Solutions | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2015 Reel 34866, frame 83 | Sonic Solutions | Sparta Acquisition Sub II LLC | Merger |
| Apr 26, 2016 Reel 38388, frame 915 | Sonic Solutions, Inc. | Rovi Technologies Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 16, 2016 Reel 38711, frame 547 | Sonic Solutions, LLC | Rovi Technologies Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Party Data Previously Recorded at Reel: 038388 Frame: 0915. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jun 6, 2016 Reel 38894, frame 861 | Sonic Solutions; Sparta Acquisition Sub II LLC | Sonic Solutions LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| 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 828 | Rovi Technologies Corporation | Adeia Technologies Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 23, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 2913 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2016 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.