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Methods and Systems for Providing File Data for a Media File

US 9,836,465 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

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

Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 20, 2024 (MS Private Credit Administrative Services LLC).

Term ends Feb 1, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Jul 30, 2014 as application 14/375,708 · Granted Dec 5, 2017
Base term plus 373 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2034
Clock starts
Jan 24, 2013
Term ends
Feb 1, 2034
Granted
Dec 5, 2017
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
373
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,747,722, to Feb 1, 2034. 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.
2
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 373 days past its 20-year base term on 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 24, 2013, when application PCT/GB2013/050156, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 30, 2014)Jan 24, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+373 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 1, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,747,722)resolves to Feb 1, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 1, 2034High confidence

This family

US 9,836,465this patent
Feb 2034
Feb 2034
1 of 2 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 28, 2014
Reel 34054, frame 344
Rogers, Simon Darryl; Cain, James Westland; Weaver, Michael JamesQuantel LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 6, 2020
Reel 52040, frame 198
Quantel LimitedSnell Advanced Media LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 9, 2020
Reel 52127, frame 795
Snell Advanced Media LimitedGrass Valley LimitedChange of Name
Jul 2, 2020
Reel 53122, frame 666
Grass Valley USA, LLC; Grass Valley Canada; Grass Valley LimitedMGG Investment Group LP, as Collateral AgentGrant of Security Interest - Patents
Mar 20, 2024
Reel 66850, frame 869
Grass Valley Canada; Grass Valley LimitedMS Private Credit Administrative Services LLCSecurity Interest
Mar 21, 2024
Reel 66867, frame 336
MGG Investment Group LPGrass Valley USA, LLC; Grass Valley Canada; Grass Valley LimitedTermination and Release of Patent Security Agreement
Mar 21, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
MGG Investment Group LPGrass Valley USA, LLCTermination and Release of Patent Security Agreement
Mar 21, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
MGG Investment Group LPGrass Valley CanadaTermination and Release of Patent Security Agreement
Mar 21, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
MGG Investment Group LPGrass Valley LimitedTermination and Release of Patent Security Agreement
Dec 12, 2025
Reel 73959, frame 584
MS Private Credit Administrative Services LLCMGG Investment Group LPAssignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreements

Sources

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

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