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Method and Apparatus for Managing Digital Media Content

US 10,684,743 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Dec 8, 2028 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,612,888), so the cap could be lower.

Held by Litl LLC
Filed Sep 29, 2016 as application 15/280,928 · Granted Jun 16, 2020
Base term plus 483 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Jul 10, 2008
Term ends
Dec 8, 2028
Granted
Jun 16, 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
483
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,612,888, US 9,495,070.
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.
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 483 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 10, 2008, when applications 12/170,939 and 12/170,951, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Sep 29, 2016)Jul 10, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+483 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 5, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,612,888, US 9,495,070)capped to Dec 8, 2028Medium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 8, 2028Medium confidence

This family

US 8,289,688In force
Jan 2029
Jan 2029
US 8,624,844In force
Jan 2029
Jan 2029
Application PCT/US2009/038599PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,003,315In force
Aug 2029
Aug 2029
Application 12/416,479Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 8,577,957Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2025
Nov 2025
Application PCT/US2009/039117PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,612,888In force
no later than Apr 2031
no later than Apr 2031
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 2, 2016
Reel 40497, frame 50
Aquent LLC; Litl LLC; Scout Exchange LLCCrystal Financial LLCSecurity Interest
Sep 6, 2017
Reel 43495, frame 521
Litl LLCWells Fargo Capital Finance, LLCSecurity Interest
Oct 17, 2017
Reel 44620, frame 668
Fischer, Donald Francis; Schmidt, Christian Marc; Strausfeld, Lisa; Gallucci, Marc; Sutton, Eric; Webber, Samuel Wallace; Meahan, Christine; Henson, PhillipAquent LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 17, 2017
Reel 43884, frame 218
Aquent LLCLitl LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 17, 2017
Reel 43883, frame 963
Havoc Pennington, Robert Sanford; Guyot, Noah Bruce; Kuo, Daniel; Hayes, Jenea Boshart; Tang, Aaron; Fore, David Livingstone; Chuang, John; Bambacus, Chris; Behar, Yves; Morenstein, Joshua; Hibmacronan, Christopher; Edahiro, Naoya; Day, Matthew DavidAquent LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 14, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Crystal Financial LLCAquent LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights at Reel/Frame: 040497/0050
Jun 14, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Crystal Financial LLCLitl LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights at Reel/Frame: 040497/0050
Jun 14, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Crystal Financial LLCScout Exchange LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights at Reel/Frame: 040497/0050
Jun 14, 2018
Reel 46357, frame 570
Crystal Financial LLCAquent LLC; Litl LLC; Scout Exchange LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights at Reel/Frame: 040497/0050
May 22, 2020
Reel 52735, frame 926
Aquent LLCLitl LLCNunc Pro Tunc Assignment

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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