Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 20, 2024 (MS Private Credit Administrative Services LLC).
Term ends Jan 13, 2027 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 20, 2026
Reissue of US 9,479,711, which was surrendered when this reissue was granted; its term and maintenance fees continue here.
Held by Grass Valley Canada
Filed Oct 24, 2018 as application 16/169,141 · Granted Nov 24, 2020
Base term plus 24 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Dec 20, 2006
Dec 20, 2006
Term ends
Jan 13, 2027
Jan 13, 2027
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Nov 24, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
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
24
Days of term adjustment
Read from the original patent's USPTO patent term adjustment record, which governs a reissue. Not recalculated here.
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 the original patent's grant (Oct 25, 2016). This counts the ones the record shows paid.
4
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 24 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 20, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/048697, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 24, 2018) | Dec 20, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A reissue: its term follows the original patent's, with the original's term adjustment | follows the original patent | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +24 days, the original patent's USPTO patent term adjustment record, which governs a reissue (35 U.S.C. 251). This reissue's own record carries none | Jan 13, 2027 | Medium 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 | Jan 13, 2027 | Low confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2006/048697 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,750,295 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 9,479,711 | Surrendered on reissue Nov 2020 | Nov 2020 |
| US RE48,325 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
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 25, 2020 Reel 53042, frame 894 | Liron, John Edward | Thomson Licensing | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2020 Reel 53043, frame 36 | GVBB Holdings S.A.R.L. | Grass Valley Canada | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2020 Reel 53066, frame 530 | Thomson Licensing | GVBB Holdings S.A.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 20, 2024 Reel 66850, frame 869 | Grass Valley Canada; Grass Valley Limited | MS Private Credit Administrative Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 12, 2025 Reel 73959, frame 584 | MS Private Credit Administrative Services LLC | MGG Investment Group LP | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 13, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 24 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.