Term ends May 11, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 11, 2035
Held by Adeia Media Holdings Inc.
Filed Jul 21, 2016 as application 15/215,889 · Granted May 23, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015
Term ends
May 11, 2035
May 11, 2035
Granted
May 23, 2017
May 23, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,426,089, to May 11, 2035. 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.
25
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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 11, 2015, when application 14/709,171, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 21, 2016) | May 11, 2035 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,426,089) | resolves to May 11, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | May 11, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,426,089 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,509,742 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2015/058054 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,661,049 | this patent May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,800,639 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,084,838 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,142,386 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,116,720 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
8 of 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2016 Reel 39210, frame 306 | Gordon, Michael | DLVR, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2020 Reel 51725, frame 613 | DLVR, Inc. | Akita Investments LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 30, 2021 Reel 57326, frame 430 | DLVR, Inc. | Akita Investments LLC | Security Interest |
| May 28, 2025 Reel 71454, frame 343 | Adeia Inc. (F/K/A Xperi Holding Corporation); Adeia Holdings Inc.; Adeia Media Holdings Inc.; Adeia Imaging LLC; Adeia Media LLC; Adeia Media Solutions Inc.; Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies Inc.; Adeia Technologies Inc.; Adeia Guides Inc.; Adeia Solutions LLC; Adeia Semiconductor Advanced Technologies Inc.; Adeia Semiconductor Solutions LLC; Adeia Semiconductor Intellectual Property LLC; Adeia Semiconductor Technologies LLC; Adeia Publishing Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 13, 2025 Reel 71414, frame 658 | DLVR, Inc. | Adeia Media Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 13, 2025 Reel 71574, frame 546 | Adeia Media Holdings LLC | Adeia Media Holdings Inc. | Conversion |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2035
Term ends May 11, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,426,089, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.