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Method, System and Computer Program Product for Editing Movies in Distributed Scalable Media Environment

US 8,724,969 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Lapsed May 13, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed May 23, 2006 as application 11/439,594 · Granted May 13, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1988 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed May 13, 2026
2006 2031
Clock starts
May 23, 2006
No longer in force
May 13, 2026
Granted
May 13, 2014
Term would have run to
Nov 1, 2031
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
1,988
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
40
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Nov 1, 2031: its 20-year base term plus 1988 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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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 this application, 11/439,594, was filedMay 23, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1988 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 1, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed May 13, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 13, 2026High confidence

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Application PCT/US2007/023185PCT application
no patent term
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US 9,934,819Lapsed on the fee record
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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
Jul 3, 2007
Reel 19511, frame 529
Micronets, Inc. D/B/A VidaveeTrident Capital, Inc.Security Agreement
Aug 16, 2007
Reel 19704, frame 806
Micronets, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Feb 26, 2008
Reel 20559, frame 180
Gilley, Thomas S.Micronets, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 11, 2008
Reel 20627, frame 187
Micronets, LLCMicronets, Inc.Change of Name
Jun 2, 2008
Reel 21050, frame 199
Silicon Valley BankMicronets, Inc.Release
Aug 16, 2011
Reel 26775, frame 780
Micronets, Inc.Vignette CorporationMerger
Oct 11, 2011
Reel 27177, frame 309
Vignette LLC (96%)Vignette Software LLCIntellectual Property Purchase Agreement
Oct 11, 2011
Reel 27177, frame 598
Vignette Corporation (96%)Vignette LLCIntellectual Propety Purchase Agreement
Oct 11, 2011
Reel 27180, frame 542
Vignette Corporation (4%)Vignette Software LLCIntellectual Property Purchase Agreement
Oct 12, 2011
Reel 27077, frame 423
Vignette Software, LLCVignette CorporationMerger
Oct 13, 2011
Reel 27091, frame 9
Vignette CorporationVignette Operating, LLCCertificate of Conversion
Oct 14, 2011
Reel 27066, frame 773
Vignette Operating, LLCVignette Partnership, LPCertificate of Conversion
Dec 19, 2011
Reel 27483, frame 205
Vignette Partnership, LPOpen Text S.A.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 13, 2016
Reel 40019, frame 627
Open Text S.A.OT IP Sub, LLCIP Business Sale Agreement
Sep 13, 2016
Reel 40019, frame 500
Op IP Sub, LLCIP OT Sub ULCCertificate of Continuance
Sep 13, 2016
Reel 40019, frame 578
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
Jun 19, 2024
Reel 67782, frame 452
Trident Capital, Inc.Open Text CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patents Reel/Frame 019511/0530
Jul 30, 2024
Reel 68123, frame 7
Open Text Corp.Crowdstrike, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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