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3D Video Encoding and Decoding Methods and Aparatus

US 9,485,494 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on NEXT3D, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 26, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Jun 26, 2012 as application 13/533,465 · Granted Nov 1, 2016
Base term plus 780 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2033
Clock starts
Apr 10, 2012
Term ends
Nov 26, 2033
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
base term patent term adjustment 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
780
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,407,902.
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.
3
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 780 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Apr 10, 2012, when application 13/443,864, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 26, 2012)Apr 10, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+780 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 30, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,407,902)capped to Nov 26, 2033High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 26, 2033High confidence

This family

US 9,407,902In force
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
US 9,485,494this patent
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
US 10,681,333In force
May 2033
May 2033
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
Jul 20, 2012
Reel 28599, frame 323
Cole, David MichaelNEXT3D, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 20, 2012
Reel 28599, frame 283
McKay Moss, AlanNEXT3D, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 9, 2013
Reel 30997, frame 937
NEXT3D, Inc.NEXT3D, Inc.Security Agreement
Mar 31, 2015
Reel 35303, frame 566
Straub, Michael P.Nextvr Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 11, 2016
Reel 37960, frame 587
NEXT3D Inc.Nextvr Inc.Merger
Mar 29, 2019
Reel 48747, frame 128
Nextvr Inc.Vcap Ventures (Bvi) LimitedSecurity Interest
Apr 9, 2019
Reel 48836, frame 85
Nextvr Inc.Nextvr Inc.Change of Address
May 13, 2020
Reel 52657, frame 91
Vcap Ventures (Bvi) LimitedNextvr, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 7, 2020
Reel 53139, frame 942
Nextvr Inc.Nevermind Capital LLCNunc Pro Tunc Assignment

Sources

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

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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