Maintenance fees coming due

Directv, LLC

120 maintenance fees come due in the 12 months from Nov 15, 2026, the next on Nov 28, 2026. Unpaid by May 28, 2027, that one lapses early.

A maintenance fee does not end a patent on its due date. It falls due at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant, and the patent lapses only if the fee is still unpaid at the end of the six month grace period that follows.

Patent	Title	Holder	Status	Fee due	Lapses if unpaid	Expires	Confidence
US 10,306,076	Triplexer Signal Combiner Directv, LLC In force Fee due Nov 28, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 28, 2027 Term ends Jan 28, 2037 · High confidence	Directv, LLC	In force	Nov 28, 2026	May 28, 2027	Term ends Jan 28, 2037	High confidence
US 10,306,220	Methods for Determining Localized Outages and Distributed Signal Verification of Set-Top Boxes Directv, LLC In force Fee due Nov 28, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 28, 2027 Term ends Jan 6, 2035 · High confidence	Directv, LLC	In force	Nov 28, 2026	May 28, 2027	Term ends Jan 6, 2035	High confidence
US 10,306,329	Facilitating Mixed Service Use of Bonded Satellite Transponders Directv, LLC In force Fee due Nov 28, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 28, 2027 Term ends Mar 20, 2038 · High confidence	Directv, LLC	In force	Nov 28, 2026	May 28, 2027	Term ends Mar 20, 2038	High confidence
US 9,049,037	Method and System for Monitoring and Encoding Signals in a Local Facility and Communicating the Signals Between a Local Collection Facility and a Remote Facility Using an IP Network Directv, LLC In force Fee due Dec 2, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 2, 2027 Term ends Jan 10, 2031 · High confidence	Directv, LLC	In force	Dec 2, 2026	Jun 2, 2027	Term ends Jan 10, 2031	High confidence
US 9,049,354	Method and System for Monitoring and Controlling a Back-Up Receiver in Local Collection Facility from a Remote Facility Using an IP Network Directv, LLC In force Fee due Dec 2, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 2, 2027 Term ends Jan 4, 2031 · High confidence	Directv, LLC	In force	Dec 2, 2026	Jun 2, 2027	Term ends Jan 4, 2031	High confidence
US 9,049,473	Method and System of Processing Multiple Playback Streams via a Single Playback Channel Directv, LLC In force Fee due Dec 2, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 2, 2027 Term ends Jun 3, 2030 · High confidence	Directv, LLC	In force	Dec 2, 2026	Jun 2, 2027	Term ends Jun 3, 2030	High confidence
US 9,053,419	Method and System for Recording Recommended Content Using Clustering Directv, LLC In force Fee due Dec 9, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 9, 2027 Term ends Dec 6, 2033 · High confidence	Directv, LLC	In force	Dec 9, 2026	Jun 9, 2027	Term ends Dec 6, 2033	High confidence
US 9,055,087	Method and System for Securely Providing and Storing Content in a Multiple Dwelling Unit System Directv, LLC In force Fee due Dec 9, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 9, 2027 Term ends Sep 27, 2027 · High confidence	Directv, LLC	In force	Dec 9, 2026	Jun 9, 2027	Term ends Sep 27, 2027	High confidence
US 9,055,316	Method and system for inserting digital video effects into a video stream at a multiplexing device after routing Directv, LLC In force Fee due Dec 9, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 9, 2027 Term ends Sep 9, 2028 · High confidence	Directv, LLC	In force	Dec 9, 2026	Jun 9, 2027	Term ends Sep 9, 2028	High confidence
US 11,675,836	Mobile Media Pause and Resume Directv, LLC In force Fee due Dec 13, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 14, 2027 Term ends Dec 13, 2027 · High confidence	Directv, LLC	In force	Dec 13, 2026	Jun 14, 2027	Term ends Dec 13, 2027	High confidence
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