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Methods and Apparatus for Client Aggregation of Television Programming in a Networked Personal Video Recording System

US 9,485,531 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 1, 2020 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ended no later than Aug 3, 2023 · Medium confidence

USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Dec 9, 2024.

Filed Apr 7, 2014 as application 14/247,048 · Granted Nov 1, 2016
Base term plus 32 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Ended no later than Aug 3, 2023
2003 2026
Clock starts
Jul 2, 2003
Ended no later than
Aug 3, 2023
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
32
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
8
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 32 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jul 2, 2003, when application 10/613,400, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 7, 2014)Jul 2, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+32 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 3, 2023High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
USPTO status recordRecorded as expired for non-payment on Dec 9, 2024, after the term endedno changeHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Aug 3, 2023Medium confidence

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Application PCT/US2004/021377PCT application
no patent term
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US 8,737,801Term ended
Aug 2025
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Application 12/569,347Abandoned
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US 9,485,531this patent
no later than Aug 2023
no later than Aug 2023
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 24, 2014
Reel 33407, frame 35
Aptiv Digital, Inc.; Gemstar Development Corporation; Index Systems Inc.; Rovi Guides, Inc.; Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Sonic Solutions LLC; Starsight Telecast, Inc.; United Video Properties, Inc.; Veveo, Inc.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Mar 24, 2016
Reel 38095, frame 203
Putterman, Daniel; Dietrich, Brad; Toeman, Jeremy; Freitas, Pedro; Legrand, Ludovic; McCaffrey, Shawn; Grimm, James; Jin, Lijia; Novaes, PaulMediabolic, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 24, 2016
Reel 38249, frame 285
Mediabolic, Inc.Macrovision CorporationMerger
Mar 24, 2016
Reel 38249, frame 421
Macrovision CorporationRovi Solutions CorporationChange of Name
Nov 22, 2019
Reel 51143, frame 468
Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc.HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 25, 2019
Reel 51110, frame 6
Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Nov 25, 2019
Reel 51145, frame 90
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentAptiv Digital Inc.; Gemstar Development Corporation; Index Systems Inc.; Rovi Guides, Inc.; Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Sonic Solutions LLC; Starsight Telecast, Inc.; United Video Properties, Inc.; Veveo, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentAptiv Digital Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentGemstar Development CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentIndex Systems Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentRovi Guides, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentRovi Solutions CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentRovi Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentSonic Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentStarsight Telecast, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentUnited Video Properties, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentVeveo, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Jun 1, 2020
Reel 53468, frame 1
Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions Inc.; Veveo, Inc.; Invensas Corporation; Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc.; Tessera, Inc.; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; DTS, Inc.; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital CorporationBank Of America, N.a.Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
Reel 53458, frame 749
HPS Investment Partners, LLCRovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
Reel 53481, frame 790
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
HPS Investment Partners, LLCRovi Solutions CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
HPS Investment Partners, LLCRovi Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
HPS Investment Partners, LLCRovi Guides, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
HPS Investment Partners, LLCTiVo Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
HPS Investment Partners, LLCVeveo, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Rovi Solutions CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Rovi Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Rovi Guides, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.TiVo Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Veveo, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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