Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 3, 2021 (Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch).
Term ends Nov 1, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 13, 2027
Held by Directv, LLC
Filed Dec 13, 2007 as application 11/956,162 · Granted Jul 10, 2012
Base term plus 689 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Dec 13, 2007
Dec 13, 2007
Term ends
Nov 1, 2029
Nov 1, 2029
Granted
Jul 10, 2012
Jul 10, 2012
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
689
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.
31
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 689 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 Dec 13, 2007, when this application, 11/956,162, was filed | Dec 13, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +689 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 1, 2029 | 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 | Nov 1, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,671,021 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,219,134 | this patent Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 9,064,010 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| Application 11/956,184 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,995,815 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 9,697,280 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| Application 61/042,634 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,892,761 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
8 of 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2008 Reel 20997, frame 744 | Maharajh, Kavi; Macneil, Bart; Walker, Torin | Quickplay Media Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 28, 2010 Reel 23865, frame 352 | Quickplay Media Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Agreement |
| Jun 19, 2012 Reel 28398, frame 523 | Comerica Bank | Quickplay Media Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 26, 2015 Reel 35037, frame 416 | Quickplay Media Inc. | Orix Ventures, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 28, 2016 Reel 39204, frame 38 | Orix Ventures, LLC | Quickplay Media Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 17, 2020 Reel 52184, frame 85 | Quickplay Media Inc. | Quickplay Media Co. | Change of Name |
| Mar 18, 2020 Reel 52188, frame 914 | Quickplay Media Co. | QP Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2020 Reel 52189, frame 24 | QP Holdings, LLC | The Directv Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 29, 2021 Reel 57096, frame 1 | The Directv Group, Inc. | Directv, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 3, 2021 Reel 57695, frame 84 | Directv, LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Aug 5, 2021 Reel 58220, frame 531 | Directv, LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jan 25, 2024 Reel 66371, frame 690 | Directv, LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 3, 2025 Reel 72994, frame 1 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch (as Successor to Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch) | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Succession of Agency in Patent Security Interests |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2029
Term ends Nov 1, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 689 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
412
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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