Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 18, 2016 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association -).
Term ends Mar 29, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 23, 2032
Held by Hughes Network Systems, LLC
Filed Mar 23, 2012 as application 13/428,323 · Granted Jan 19, 2016
Base term plus 6 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Mar 23, 2012
Mar 23, 2012
Term ends
Mar 29, 2032
Mar 29, 2032
Granted
Jan 19, 2016
Jan 19, 2016
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
6
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 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.
6
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 6 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 23, 2012, when this application, 13/428,323, was filed | Mar 23, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +6 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 29, 2032 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 29, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,240,950 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,716,659 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/050257 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,832,131 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,637,782 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,178,035 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2012 Reel 28382, frame 772 | Vedula, Shanti Swarup; Dillon, Douglas M.; Biber, Jeffrey | Hughes Network Systems, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 18, 2016 Reel 37847, frame 440 | Hughes Network Systems LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association - as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 1, 2019 Reel 50600, frame 314 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | U.S. Bank National Association | Assignment of Patent Security Agreements |
| Sep 3, 2020 Reel 53703, frame 367 | Wells Fargo, National Bank Association | U.S. Bank National Association | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application Number 15649418 Previously Recorded on Reel 050600 Frame 0314. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Patent Security Agreements. |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 29, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 6 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
8
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.
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