Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 10, 2022 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Nov 22, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 26, 2037
Filed Jun 26, 2017 as application 15/633,170 · Granted Apr 7, 2020
Base term plus 149 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Jun 26, 2017
Jun 26, 2017
Term ends
Nov 22, 2037
Nov 22, 2037
Granted
Apr 7, 2020
Apr 7, 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
149
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 149 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 Jun 26, 2017, when this application, 15/633,170, was filed | Jun 26, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +149 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 22, 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 | Nov 22, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,613,154 | In force Dec 2037 | Dec 2037 |
| US 10,674,209 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
| US 10,616,066 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 22, 2018 Reel 46669, frame 81 | Hale, Robert L. | Charter Communications Operatng, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's 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
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 2037
Term ends Nov 22, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 149 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
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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