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Epic Games, Inc.

18 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
  • 1 fee due Jan 7, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Systems and methods for making gameplay changes to a video game based upon social network polls (US 9,072,974) comes due Jan 7, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 7, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Mar 29, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Systems and methods for video game participation via social network interactions (US 9,144,740) comes due Mar 29, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 29, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jul 30, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Techniques for Processing Chords of Musical Content and Related Systems and Methods (US 11,887,567) comes due Jul 30, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 31, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 16, 2027
    The maintenance fee for System and method for registering a user (US 11,962,684) comes due Oct 16, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 17, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Nov 12, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Tongue position tracking for facial animation (US 10,650,563) comes due Nov 12, 2027. Unpaid by May 12, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

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Patents held now

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PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 7,735,061Efficient encoding and access of mathematically precise variable precision numeric types
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US 8,402,451Dual mode evaluation for programs containing recursive computations
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US 8,819,641Program state reversing software development tool
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US 9,474,966Systems and method for making gameplay changes based on social networking polls
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US 9,017,171Systems and Methods for Socially Motivated Multiplayer Gaming
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US 9,144,740Systems and methods for video game participation via social network interactions
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US 9,072,974Systems and methods for making gameplay changes to a video game based upon social network polls
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US 9,744,461System and method for object weakpoint generation
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US 9,399,166System and method for object weakpoint generation
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US 9,517,402System and method for uniquely identifying players in computer games based on behavior and other characteristics
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Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

Published applications

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