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Set Top/Back Box, System and Method for Providing a Remote Control Device

US 9,351,029 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 2, 2021 (Prospect Capital Corporation).

Term ends Jun 20, 2032 · High confidence

Held by Enseo, LLC
Filed Oct 6, 2015 as application 14/876,571 · Granted May 24, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jun 20, 2012
Term ends
Jun 20, 2032
Granted
May 24, 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 8,650,600, US 8,875,195, US 9,154,825, to Jun 20, 2032. 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.
37
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 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 Jun 20, 2012, when application 13/528,663, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 6, 2015)Jun 20, 2032High 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 8,650,600, US 8,875,195, US 9,154,825)resolves to Jun 20, 2032, 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 orderJun 20, 2032High confidence

This family

US 8,650,600Lapsed on the fee record
Feb 2026
Feb 2026
US 8,875,195Grace period ended
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
US 9,154,825In force
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
US 9,351,029this patent
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
US 9,326,020In force
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
US 9,380,336In force
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
US 9,955,211Lapsed on the fee record
Apr 2026
Apr 2026
Application 15/162,823Abandoned
not computed
not computed
8 of 37 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 15, 2015
Reel 36803, frame 813
Ogle, Vanessa; Fang, Bill; Miller, Tom; Horton, Scott; Straitiff, DavidEnseo, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 17, 2017
Reel 43210, frame 881
Enseo, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Jan 27, 2021
Reel 55139, frame 530
Enseo, Inc.Enseo, LLCChange of Name
Jun 2, 2021
Reel 56462, frame 174
Enseo, LLC; Catapult Technologies, LLCProspect Capital CorporationSecurity Interest
Jun 4, 2021
Reel 56445, frame 915
Silicon Valley BankEnseo, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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