Also listed on Blackfire Research Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 18, 2024 (Citibank, N.A.).
Term ends Jan 27, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 27, 2027
Held by Roku, Inc.
Filed Oct 2, 2014 as application 14/505,411 · Granted May 10, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jan 27, 2007
Jan 27, 2007
Term ends
Jan 27, 2027
Jan 27, 2027
Granted
May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016
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 8,762,580, to Jan 27, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
18
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 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 2 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 Jan 27, 2007, when application 11/627,957, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 2, 2014) | Jan 27, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,762,580) | resolves to Jan 27, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 27, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,677,002 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2007/061229 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,839,065 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 8,762,580 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 9,413,799 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 9,407,670 | In force no later than Jul 2027 | no later than Jul 2027 |
| US 9,756,127 | In force no later than Sep 2033 | no later than Sep 2033 |
| US 9,338,208 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2015 Reel 36816, frame 143 | Rajapakse, Ravi | Blackfire Research Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2021 Reel 55695, frame 161 | Blackfire Research Corporation | Roku, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 18, 2024 Reel 68982, frame 377 | Roku, Inc. | Citibank, N.a. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 27, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,762,580, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
13
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.