Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 8, 2023 (Sixth Street Lending Partners).
Term ends Apr 3, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 2, 2035
Held by Avid Technology, Inc.
Filed Apr 2, 2015 as application 14/676,888 · Granted Sep 20, 2016
Base term plus 1 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Apr 2, 2015
Apr 2, 2015
Term ends
Apr 3, 2035
Apr 3, 2035
Granted
Sep 20, 2016
Sep 20, 2016
base term
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
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.
5
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 1 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Apr 2, 2015, when this application, 14/676,888, was filed | Apr 2, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 3, 2035 | 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 | Apr 3, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,448,789 | this patent Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 9,645,813 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 10,176,496 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 10,296,325 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
| US 10,310,847 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2015 Reel 35318, frame 529 | Mathur, Shailendra; Brown, Robert M., JR.; Stabler, Robert N. | Avid Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 26, 2016 Reel 37939, frame 958 | Avid Technology, Inc. | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Assignment for Security -- 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 |
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What's changing
Apr 2035
Term ends Apr 3, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
38
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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