Term ends Jul 13, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 30, 2032
Held by Irdeto B.V.
Filed Nov 3, 2017 as application 15/802,518 · Granted Apr 28, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2012
Mar 30, 2012
Term ends
Jul 13, 2031
Jul 13, 2031
Granted
Apr 28, 2020
Apr 28, 2020
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,635,048.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
14
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 resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 2 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 30, 2012, when application PCT/CA2012/000298, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 3, 2017) | Mar 30, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,635,048) | capped to Jul 13, 2031 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 13, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,703,950 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,120,999 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| Application 15/802,501 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,635,807 | this patent Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 10,242,184 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,635,808 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| Application 17/178,383 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,120,126 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2017 Reel 44283, frame 677 | Vandergeest, Ron | Irdeto Canada Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 4, 2017 Reel 44283, frame 727 | Irdeto Canada Corporation | Irdeto B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 27, 2018 Reel 48767, frame 123 | Irdeto Canada Corporation | Irdeto B.V. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Correct the Assignee Street Address Previously Recorded on Reel 044283 Frame 0727. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the the Correct Address of Assignee Is 105 Taurus Avenue Hoofddorp 2130 Lsnetherlands. |
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What's changing
Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 13, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,635,048.
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
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