42 patents currently held

88 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.

The next term ends in Jul 2033. from the record

Of the 88 now held by other companies, 81 name Niantic Spatial Inc. as their current owner, and 7 more name another party. Each row says which.

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Jul 2033

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notable patents fee due within 90 days all others 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

Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Notable

Linking Real World Activities with a Parallel Reality Game US 9,669,296

The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 61 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data. Protection runs to 2036.

Ends Feb 2036 · High confidence Also notable

Placement of Virtual Elements in a Virtual World Associated with a Location-Based Parallel Reality Game US 9,782,668

Cited by 52 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2036.

Ends Aug 2036 · High confidence Also notable

Validating a Player's Real-World Location Using Activity Within a Parallel Reality Game US 10,717,005

Cited by 16 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data. Protection runs to 2038.

Ends Oct 2038 · High confidence

Formerly held, still cited

Notable

Self-Supervised Training of a Depth Estimation System US 11,082,681

Cited by 30 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data. Protection runs to 2039.

now held by Niantic Spatial, Inc.

Ends May 2039 · High confidence

Also notable

Cloud Enabled Augmented Reality US 10,885,714

Cited by 16 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data. Protection runs to 2038.

now held by Niantic Spatial, Inc.

Ends Oct 2038 · High confidence

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 Dec 27, 2026
The maintenance fee for Sharded Storage of Geolocated Data with Predictable Query Response Times (US 11,687,530) comes due Dec 27, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 28, 2027, it lapses early.
2 fees due Jan 18 to 25, 2027 · next Jan 18
2 fees due Mar 5 to 8, 2027 · next Mar 5
3 fees due May 5 to 26, 2027 · next May 5
2 fees due Nov 7 to 12, 2027 · next Nov 7

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Recent changes

Sep 16Assignment recorded on 1 record: Niantic, Inc. to Niantic Spatial, Inc. Recorded Sep 16, 2026, executed May 29, 2025. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76499, frame 772.
3 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 25 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Placement of Virtual Elements in a Virtual World Associated with a Location-Based Parallel Reality Game	4 in force	to Aug 2036
Player Density Based Region Division for Regional Chat	3 in force	to Nov 2039
Push Gateway for Push Notifications in a Mobile Gaming Application	2 in force	to Sep 2042
Reducing Latency in Anticheat Dataflow	2 in force	to Jul 2042
Travel of Virtual Characters	2 in force	to Mar 2041

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 9,128,789	Executing Cross-Cutting Concerns for Client-Server Remote Procedure Calls In force Term ends Jul 31, 2033 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 31, 2033	High confidence
US 10,130,888	Game Data Validation In force Term ends Jul 31, 2033 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 31, 2033	High confidence
US 10,300,395	Systems and Methods for Filtering Communication Within a Location-Based Game In force Term ends Jul 31, 2033 · Low confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 31, 2033	Low confidence
US 10,806,998	Using Side Channels in Remote Procedure Calls to Return Information in an Interactive Environment In force Term ends Jul 31, 2033 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 31, 2033	High confidence
US 11,167,205	Placement of Virtual Elements in a Virtual World Associated with a Location-Based Parallel Reality Game In force Term ends Jul 31, 2033 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 31, 2033	High confidence
US 10,486,059	Placement of Virtual Elements in a Virtual World Associated with a Location-Based Parallel Reality Game In force Term ends Nov 4, 2033 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 4, 2033	High confidence
US 10,646,783	Linking Real World Activities with a Parallel Reality Game In force Term ends Nov 22, 2033 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 22, 2033	High confidence
US 12,005,343	Placement of Virtual Elements in a Virtual World Associated with a Location-Based Parallel Reality Game In force Term ends Jul 9, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 9, 2034	High confidence
US 10,912,989	Detecting and Preventing Cheating in a Location-Based Game In force Term ends Jul 21, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 21, 2034	High confidence
US 10,471,358	Regulating and Scoring Player Interactions Within a Virtual World Associated with a Location-Based Parallel Reality Game In force Term ends Aug 3, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 3, 2034	High confidence

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Also on record, not counted in the 42: 88 patents in force now held by others · 47 applications pending · 2 applications abandoned. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built

Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.

Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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