Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 25, 2018 (Wells Fargo Trust Company, N.A.).
Term ends Dec 24, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 6, 2037
Filed Mar 6, 2017 as application 15/450,320 · Granted Apr 7, 2020
Base term plus 293 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Mar 6, 2017
Mar 6, 2017
Term ends
Dec 24, 2037
Dec 24, 2037
Granted
Apr 7, 2020
Apr 7, 2020
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
293
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
29
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 293 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 6, 2017, when this application, 15/450,320, was filed | Mar 6, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +293 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 24, 2037 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 24, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,613,154 | this patent Dec 2037 | Dec 2037 |
| US 10,674,209 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
| US 10,616,066 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| US 11,080,648 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 10,278,174 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 10,375,761 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,616,879 | In force Dec 2037 | Dec 2037 |
| US 10,693,737 | In force Feb 2038 | Feb 2038 |
8 of 29 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2017 Reel 41473, frame 476 | Straub, Albert W. | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 |
| Aug 10, 2022 Reel 61633, frame 69 | Charter Communications Operating, LLC; Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Supplemental Security Agreement |
| Sep 22, 2022 Reel 61503, frame 937 | Charter Communications Operating, LLC; Time Warner Cable Enterprises, LLC | Wells Fargo Trust Company, N.A. | Security Interest |
| Sep 22, 2022 Reel 61504, frame 307 | Charter Communications Operating, LLC; Time Warner Cable Enterprises, LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2037
Term ends Dec 24, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 293 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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