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Multimedia distribution system

US 8,472,792 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

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

Term ends Jun 28, 2027 · High confidence

Held by Divx, LLC
Filed Oct 24, 2005 as application 11/258,496 · Granted Jun 25, 2013
Base term plus 1298 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2003 2027
Clock starts
Dec 8, 2003
Term ends
Jun 28, 2027
Granted
Jun 25, 2013
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
1,298
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.
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 runs 1298 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 8, 2003, when application 10/731,809, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 24, 2005)Dec 8, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1298 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 28, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 28, 2027High confidence

This family

US 7,519,274Surrendered on reissue
Jul 2014
Jul 2014
Application PCT/US2004/041667PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,731,369In force
Mar 2027
Mar 2027
US 8,472,792this patent
Jun 2027
Jun 2027
Application 11/327,543Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US RE45,052In force
Mar 2027
Mar 2027
US 9,420,287Term ended
no later than May 2024
no later than May 2024
US 9,369,687Term ended
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 20, 2006
Reel 17332, frame 64
Butt, Abou Ul Aala Ahsan; Bramwell, Steve R.; Fudge, Brian T.Divx, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 25, 2011
Reel 26026, frame 111
All Media Guide, LLC; Divx, LLC; Sonic Solutions LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Sep 15, 2012
Reel 28965, frame 830
Divx, Inc.Divx, LLCChange of Name
Jun 11, 2013
Reel 30591, frame 534
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAll Media Gude, LLC; Divx, LLC; Sonic Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAll Media Gude, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentDivx, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSonic Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 22, 2013
Reel 31713, frame 32
Divx, LLCSonic IP, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 9, 2014
Reel 32645, frame 559
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentDivx, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 22, 2014
Reel 33378, frame 685
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as Collateral AgentAll Media Guide, LLC; Divx, LLC; Sonic Solutions LLCPatent Release
Jul 22, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as Collateral AgentAll Media Guide, LLCPatent Release
Jul 22, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as Collateral AgentDivx, LLCPatent Release
Jul 22, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as Collateral AgentSonic Solutions LLCPatent Release
Feb 13, 2018
Reel 45310, frame 20
Sonic IP, Inc.; Divx, LLCDivx CF Holdings LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 5, 2018
Reel 45498, frame 560
Divx CF Holdings LLCDivx, LLCChange of Name
Feb 28, 2019
Reel 50096, frame 715
Divx, LLCDivx, LLCChange of Principal Place of Business

Sources

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