Lapsed May 3, 2020 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 17, 2027
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by TouchTunes Music Corporation
Filed Jan 17, 2007 as application 11/624,008 · Granted May 3, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 312 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed May 3, 2020
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jan 17, 2007
Jan 17, 2007
No longer in force
May 3, 2020
May 3, 2020
Granted
May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016
Term would have run to
Nov 25, 2027
Nov 25, 2027
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
312
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
176
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Nov 25, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 312 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jan 17, 2007, when this application, 11/624,008, was filed | Jan 17, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +312 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 25, 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 | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed May 3, 2020 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 3, 2020 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,646,339 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 7,749,083 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2018 | Jul 2018 |
| US 7,206,417 | Term ended Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 |
| US 8,103,589 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,151,304 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| US 8,332,895 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 |
| US 9,330,529 | this patent May 2020 | May 2020 |
| US 8,428,273 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
8 of 176 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2007 Reel 18770, frame 223 | Fedesna, Kenneth J; Loffredo, Mark D; Suchocki, Edward J; Pellegrini, Edward E; Pellegrini, Frank J | White Rabbit Game Studio, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 1, 2007 Reel 20053, frame 763 | TouchTunes Game Studio, LLC | National Bank of Canada | Security Agreement (PATENTS) |
| Dec 12, 2007 Reel 20231, frame 611 | TouchTunes Game Studio, LLC | Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Feb 29, 2008 Reel 20610, frame 702 | White Rabbit Game Studio, LLC | TouchTunes Game Studio, LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 29, 2008 Reel 20612, frame 1 | Fedesna, Kenneth J.; Loffredo, Mark D.; Suchocki, Edward E.; Pellegrini, Edward E.; Pellegrini, Frank J. | White Rabbit Game Studio | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 5, 2008 Reel 20649, frame 665 | White Rabbit Game Studio, LLC | TouchTunes Game Studio, LLC | Change of Name |
| Mar 5, 2008 Reel 20652, frame 764 | Fedesna, Kenneth J.; Loffredo, Mark D.; Suchocki, Edward E.; Pellegrini, Edward E.; Pellegrini, Frank J. | White Rabbit Game Studio | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2008 Reel 21149, frame 880 | Fedesna, Kenneth J.; Loffredo, Mark D.; Suchocki, Edward E.; Pellegrini, Edward E.; Pellegrini, Frank J. | TouchTunes Game Studio, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 14, 2012 Reel 27700, frame 388 | Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P. | TouchTunes Game Studio, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 17, 2012 Reel 27728, frame 6 | TouchTunes Game Studio, LLC | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Sep 23, 2015 Reel 36699, frame 813 | TouchTunes Music Corporation | Citizens Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Sep 24, 2015 Reel 36646, frame 685 | TouchTunes Game Studio, LLC | TouchTunes Music Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 24, 2015 Reel 36680, frame 632 | TouchTunes Music Corporation | Citizens Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| May 12, 2017 Reel 42359, frame 244 | TouchTunes Music Corporation | Citizens Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent (Second Lien) | Security Interest |
| May 12, 2017 Reel 42360, frame 924 | TouchTunes Music Corporation | Citizens Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent (First Lien) | Security Interest |
| Mar 6, 2020 Reel 52115, frame 117 | Citizens Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | TouchTunes Music Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 4, 2022 Reel 59593, frame 557 | Citizens Bank, National Association (Collateral Agent) | TouchTunes Music Corporation (Grantor) | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 312 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
191
later US patents cite this one
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