Also listed on Quantel Limited, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 20, 2024 (MS Private Credit Administrative Services LLC).
Term ends Mar 20, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 20, 2032
Held by Grass Valley Limited
Filed Dec 17, 2013 as application 14/110,227 · Granted Aug 1, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Mar 20, 2012
Mar 20, 2012
Term ends
Mar 20, 2032
Mar 20, 2032
Granted
Aug 1, 2023
Aug 1, 2023
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
2
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. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 20, 2012, when application PCT/GB2012/050602, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 17, 2013) | Mar 20, 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 20, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,714,858 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
1 of 2 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 19, 2018 Reel 47548, frame 182 | Cain, James Westland; Rogers, Simon Darryl; Weaver, Michael James | Quantel Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 6, 2020 Reel 52040, frame 198 | Quantel Limited | Snell Advanced Media Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 9, 2020 Reel 52127, frame 795 | Snell Advanced Media Limited | Grass Valley Limited | Change of Name |
| Jul 2, 2020 Reel 53122, frame 666 | Grass Valley USA, LLC; Grass Valley Canada; Grass Valley Limited | MGG Investment Group LP, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest - Patents |
| Mar 20, 2024 Reel 66850, frame 869 | Grass Valley Canada; Grass Valley Limited | MS Private Credit Administrative Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Mar 21, 2024 Reel 66867, frame 336 | MGG Investment Group LP | Grass Valley USA, LLC; Grass Valley Canada; Grass Valley Limited | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 21, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | MGG Investment Group LP | Grass Valley USA, LLC | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 21, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | MGG Investment Group LP | Grass Valley Canada | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 21, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | MGG Investment Group LP | Grass Valley Limited | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 12, 2025 Reel 73959, frame 584 | MS Private Credit Administrative Services LLC | MGG Investment Group LP | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
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What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 20, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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