Term ends Apr 8, 2031 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 8, 2031
Held by Dolby Video Compression, LLC
Filed Nov 20, 2018 as application 16/197,232 · Granted Dec 1, 2020
USPTO first gave this application the number US 10,812,834 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Apr 8, 2011
Apr 8, 2011
Term ends
Apr 8, 2031
Apr 8, 2031
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2020
base term
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,250,913, US 10,681,390, US 10,708,628, US 10,771,822, US 10,805,645, US 9,591,335, US 9,596,488, to Apr 8, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
21
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 is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Apr 8, 2011, when application PCT/EP2011/055534, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 20, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 8, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,250,913, US 10,681,390, US 10,708,628, US 10,771,822, US 10,805,645, US 9,591,335, US 9,596,488) | resolves to Apr 8, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Apr 8, 2031 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 10,771,822 | In force no later than Jun 2032 | no later than Jun 2032 |
| US 9,591,335 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 9,596,488 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 10,250,913 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 10,805,645 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 10,708,628 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 10,681,390 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 10,856,013 | this patent Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
8 of 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2018 Reel 47558, frame 636 | Kirchhoffer, Heiner; Winken, Martin; Helle, Philipp; Marpe, Detlev; Schwarz, Heiko; Wiegand, Thomas | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 20, 2018 Reel 47614, frame 581 | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V. | GE Video Compression, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 30, 2026 Reel 74536, frame 717 | GE Video Compression, LLC | Dolby Video Compression, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2031
Term ends Apr 8, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,250,913, US 10,681,390, US 10,708,628, US 10,771,822, US 10,805,645, US 9,591,335, US 9,596,488, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
48
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.