Also listed on Replaytv, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 3, 2021 (Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch).
Term ends Jan 23, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 8, 2021
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Directv, LLC
Filed Oct 4, 2001 as application 09/972,424 · Granted Oct 27, 2015
Base term plus 3090 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2001
2030
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2001
Aug 8, 2001
Term ends
Jan 23, 2030
Jan 23, 2030
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Oct 27, 2015
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
3,090
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.
32
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 3090 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Aug 8, 2001, when applications 09/925,109, 09/925,120 and 09/925,121, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Oct 4, 2001); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 8, 2021 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +3090 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 23, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 23, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,356,246 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 8,949,374 | Term ended Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 7,917,602 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| Application 09/925,121 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,904,503 | Term ended Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 9,171,851 | this patent Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| Application 09/976,038 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,571,934 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
8 of 32 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 28, 2002 Reel 12931, frame 878 | Matichuk, Chris E.; Rosenberg, Scott A. | Replaytv, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2003 Reel 14337, frame 499 | Replaytv, Inc. | Digital Networks North America, Inc. | Asset Purchase |
| Jun 1, 2004 Reel 14669, frame 612 | Digital Networks North America, Inc. | Deutsche Bank AG, Tokyo Branch, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 11, 2006 Reel 18375, frame 142 | Deutsche Bank AG, Tokyo Branch | Digital Networks North America, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 25, 2008 Reel 20550, frame 982 | Digital Networks North America, Inc. | The Directv Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 29, 2021 Reel 57018, frame 460 | 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
Jan 2030
Term ends Jan 23, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 3090 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
211
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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