Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 20, 2024 (MS Private Credit Administrative Services LLC).
Surrendered on reissue Nov 24, 2020 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 20, 2026
Surrendered on reissue Nov 24, 2020 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE48,325.
Held by Grass Valley Canada
Filed Apr 7, 2014 as application 14/247,068 · Granted Oct 25, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 24 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Nov 24, 2020
2006
2027
Clock starts
Dec 20, 2006
Dec 20, 2006
No longer in force
Nov 24, 2020
Nov 24, 2020
Granted
Oct 25, 2016
Oct 25, 2016
Term would have run to
Jan 13, 2027
Jan 13, 2027
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
24
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.
4
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 24 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. Confidence: Low. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 20, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/048697, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 7, 2014) | Dec 20, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +24 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 13, 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 | No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case" | no change | Low confidence |
| Reissue | US RE48,325 issued Nov 24, 2020, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252) | surrendered Nov 24, 2020 | High confidence |
| Surrendered on reissue | The steps above, in order | Nov 24, 2020 | Low confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2006/048697 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,750,295 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 9,479,711 | this patent Nov 2020 | Nov 2020 |
| US RE48,325 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2016 Reel 37757, frame 845 | Liron, John Edward | Thomson Licensing | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2016 Reel 37845, frame 664 | Thomson Licensing | GVBB Holdings S.A.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2020 Reel 53043, frame 36 | GVBB Holdings S.A.R.L. | Grass Valley Canada | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 17, 2021 Reel 56100, frame 612 | GVBB Holdings S.A.R.L. | Grass Valley Canada | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 20, 2024 Reel 66850, frame 869 | Grass Valley Canada; Grass Valley Limited | MS Private Credit Administrative Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 12, 2025 Reel 73959, frame 584 | MS Private Credit Administrative Services LLC | MGG Investment Group LP | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
Sources
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Note
The 24 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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