Term ends Dec 4, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 4, 2033
Held by Thomson Licensing
Filed Jun 11, 2015 as application 14/651,313 · Granted May 9, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Dec 4, 2013
Dec 4, 2013
Term ends
Dec 4, 2033
Dec 4, 2033
Granted
May 9, 2017
May 9, 2017
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
9
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. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 4, 2013, when application PCT/EP2013/075559, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 11, 2015) | Dec 4, 2033 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 4, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,646,618 | this patent Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 10,038,965 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 10,257,635 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 10,609,501 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 11,184,730 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 11,546,712 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 12,425,791 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| Application 19/333,206 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2016 Reel 38863, frame 394 | Thomson Licensing, Sas | Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 18, 2016 Reel 39726, frame 357 | Thomson Licensing; Thomson Licensing S.A.; Thomson Licensing, Sas; Thomson Licensing S.A.; Thomson Licensing, S.a.s. | Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the to Add Assignor Names Previously Recorded on Reel 038863 Frame 0394. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Oct 10, 2016 Reel 39980, frame 158 | Krueger, Alexander; Kordon, Sven; Boehm, Johannes | Thomson Licensing | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2033
Term ends Dec 4, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
74
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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