Term ended Nov 22, 2022 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 22, 2022
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on May 4, 2026.
Filed Jul 14, 2016 as application 15/210,687 · Granted Mar 27, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Nov 22, 2022
2002
2026
Clock starts
Nov 22, 2002
Nov 22, 2002
Term ended
Nov 22, 2022
Nov 22, 2022
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Mar 27, 2018
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,398,323, to Nov 22, 2022. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 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. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 22, 2002, when application 10/302,550, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 14, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 22, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,398,323) | resolves to Nov 22, 2022, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on May 4, 2026, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 22, 2022 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,073,189 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 7,174,126 | Term ended Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
| US 7,810,121 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 10/913,064 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,071,795 | Term ended Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 9,398,323 | Term ended Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| US 9,462,348 | Term ended Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| US 9,930,418 | this patent Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
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 25, 2018 Reel 46630, frame 193 | Bright House Networks, LLC; Charter Communications Operating, LLC; Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC; Time Warner Cable Internet LLC | Wells Fargo Trust Company, N.A. | Security Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,398,323, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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