Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 8, 2023 (Sixth Street Lending Partners).
Term ends Jan 3, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 1, 2022
Held by Avid Technology, Inc.
Filed Nov 1, 2002 as application 10/286,215 · Granted May 24, 2011
Base term plus 2620 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2002
2030
Clock starts
Nov 1, 2002
Nov 1, 2002
Term ends
Jan 3, 2030
Jan 3, 2030
Granted
May 24, 2011
May 24, 2011
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
2,620
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. 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 runs 2620 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 1, 2002, when this application, 10/286,215, was filed | Nov 1, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2620 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 3, 2030 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 3, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,949,777 | this patent Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 8,656,045 | Term ended Jan 2023 | Jan 2023 |
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 1, 2002 Reel 13464, frame 452 | Wallace, Ron; Der, Harry; Corbett, Martin; Fetters, Terrence | Avid Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 9, 2010 Reel 25675, frame 413 | Avid Technology, Inc.; Pinnacle Systems, Inc. | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 23, 2015 Reel 36008, frame 824 | Avid Technology, Inc. | Keybank National Association, as the Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 30, 2015 Reel 36037, frame 693 | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Avid Technology Inc.; Avid Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 30, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Avid Technology Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 30, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Avid Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 26, 2016 Reel 37939, frame 958 | Avid Technology, Inc. | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Assignment for Security -- Patents |
| Mar 1, 2016 Reel 37970, frame 201 | Keybank National Association | Avid Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in United States Patents |
| Jan 5, 2021 Reel 54900, frame 716 | Avid Technology, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 5, 2021 Reel 55731, frame 19 | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC | Avid Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 8, 2023 Reel 65523, frame 146 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Avid Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 054900/0716) |
| Nov 8, 2023 Reel 65523, frame 194 | Avid Technology, Inc. | Sixth Street Lending Partners, as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2030
Term ends Jan 3, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 2620 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
54
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.