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Distributed Scalable Media Environment for Advertising Placement in Movies

US 10,950,273 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Micronets, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Mar 24, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Apr 24, 2017 as application 15/495,041 · Granted Mar 16, 2021
Base term plus 305 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2027
Clock starts
May 23, 2006
Term ends
Mar 24, 2027
Granted
Mar 16, 2021
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
305
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,877,689, to Mar 24, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
40
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 305 days past its 20-year base term on 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 1 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 23, 2006, when application 11/439,593, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 24, 2017)May 23, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+305 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 24, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,877,689)resolves to Mar 24, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 24, 2027High confidence

This family

US 8,755,673In force
Oct 2029
Oct 2029
US 8,724,969Lapsed on the fee record
May 2026
May 2026
US 7,877,689In force
Jul 2029
Jul 2029
US 8,145,528In force
Jul 2029
Jul 2029
US 8,141,111In force
Nov 2029
Nov 2029
US 9,648,281In force
May 2029
May 2029
Application PCT/US2007/023185PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,934,819Lapsed on the fee record
Apr 2026
Apr 2026
8 of 40 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 18, 2017
Reel 44424, frame 862
Gilley, Thomas S.Micronets, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 18, 2017
Reel 44904, frame 95
Micronets, Inc.Vignette CorporationMerger
Dec 18, 2017
Reel 44895, frame 700
Vignette CorporationVignette Software LLCIntellectual Property Purchase Agreement (4%)
Dec 18, 2017
Reel 44904, frame 183
Vignette CorporationVignette LLCIntellectual Property Purchase Agreement (96%)
Dec 18, 2017
Reel 44904, frame 228
Vignette LLCVignette Software LLCIntellectual Property Purchase Agreement (96%)
Dec 18, 2017
Reel 44424, frame 963
Vignette Software LLCVignette CorporationMerger
Dec 18, 2017
Reel 44904, frame 356
Vignette CorporationVignette Operating, LLCCertificate of Conversion
Dec 18, 2017
Reel 44904, frame 367
Vignette Operating, LLCVignette Partnership, LPCertificate of Conversion
Feb 15, 2018
Reel 44940, frame 227
Vignette Partnership, LPOpen Text S.A.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 15, 2018
Reel 45343, frame 540
Open Text S.A.OT IP Sub, LLCIP Business Sale Agreement
Feb 15, 2018
Reel 45343, frame 538
OT IP Sub, LLCIP OT Sub ULCCertificate of Continuance
Feb 15, 2018
Reel 45343, frame 556
IP OT Sub ULCOpen Text S.A. ULCCertificate of Amalgamation
May 14, 2024
Reel 67400, frame 102
Open Text S.A. ULCOpen Text Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 30, 2024
Reel 68123, frame 7
Open Text Corp.Crowdstrike, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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