King.com Limited

255 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

2 more in force are now held by other companies

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Ending by 2030

Feb 2027

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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.

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4 fees due Dec 6 to 20, 2026 · next Dec 6
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9 fees due Sep 3 to 26, 2027 · next Sep 3
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Recent changes

3 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,424,107	Method and System for Requesting Help In force Term ends Feb 26, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 26, 2027	High confidence
US 7,937,696	Method, System and Program Product for Adapting Software Applications for Client Devices In force Term ends Oct 12, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 12, 2027	High confidence
US 8,311,877	Market Segmentation Analyses in Virtual Universes In force Term ends Jan 17, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 17, 2028	High confidence
US 8,478,631	Market Segmentation Analyses in Virtual Universes In force Term ends Jan 17, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 17, 2028	High confidence
US 8,103,559	Maintenance of Group Shared Inventories in a Virtual Universe In force Term ends Dec 22, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 22, 2028	High confidence
US 9,058,698	Creating a customized avatar that reflects a user's distinguishable attributes In force Term ends Mar 3, 2029 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Mar 3, 2029	From the USPTO record
US 8,036,930	Market Segmentation Analyses in Virtual Universes In force Term ends Apr 19, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 19, 2029	High confidence
US 8,595,632	Method to Monitor User Trajectories Within a Virtual Universe In force Term ends Mar 15, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 15, 2030	High confidence
US 8,146,005	Creating a Customized Avatar That Reflects a User's Distinguishable Attributes In force Term ends Jun 4, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 4, 2030	High confidence
US 8,484,288	Linking Virtual Worlds and Collaboration Platforms Bi-Directionally Using a Central Identity Management System In force Term ends Jun 19, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 19, 2030	High confidence

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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.

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Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

5 pending · 1 abandoned · 31 no status recorded

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