Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 27, 2016 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association -).
Term ends Mar 29, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 23, 2032
Held by Hughes Network Systems, LLC
Filed Jan 19, 2016 as application 15/001,224 · Granted Nov 28, 2017
Base term plus 23 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Mar 23, 2012
Mar 23, 2012
Term ends
Mar 29, 2032
Mar 29, 2032
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Nov 28, 2017
base term
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
23
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 9,240,950.
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.
6
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 23 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 23, 2012, when application 13/428,323, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 19, 2016) | Mar 23, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +23 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 15, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,240,950) | capped to Mar 29, 2032 | 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 | Mar 29, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,240,950 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,716,659 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/050257 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,832,131 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,637,782 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,178,035 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2016 Reel 38453, frame 70 | Vedula, Shanti Swarup; Dillon, Douglas; Biber, Jeffrey | Hughes Network Systems, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 27, 2016 Reel 39266, frame 42 | Hughes Network Systems, LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association - as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2018 Reel 44966, frame 156 | Hughes Network Systems, LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association - as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 1, 2019 Reel 50600, frame 314 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | U.S. Bank National Association | Assignment of Patent Security Agreements |
| Sep 3, 2020 Reel 53703, frame 367 | Wells Fargo, National Bank Association | U.S. Bank National Association | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application Number 15649418 Previously Recorded on Reel 050600 Frame 0314. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Patent Security Agreements. |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 29, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 23 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,240,950.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.