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Playtech Software Limited

38 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 Nov 28, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Autonomously operating computerized gaming platforms and method of operating thereof (US 10,304,282) comes due Nov 28, 2026. Unpaid by May 28, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Dec 16, 2026
    The maintenance fee for System and method for efficient character animation (US 9,056,247) comes due Dec 16, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 16, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jan 28, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method of Controlling an Update of Game Code in a Gaming System (US 9,089,774) comes due Jan 28, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 28, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Feb 28, 2027
    The maintenance fee for System and method for executing a remote interactive live game (US 11,741,779) comes due Feb 28, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 30, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Apr 6, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Partition Management System (US 9,152,664) comes due Apr 6, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 6, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Jun 1, 2027
  • 1 fee due Aug 2, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Remote live game (US 9,251,661) comes due Aug 2, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 2, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 19, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Gaming System with Failover and Takeover Capability (US 9,318,003) comes due Oct 19, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 19, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

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.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 8,968,098Method and Apparatus for Online Gaming on Terminals
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 9,367,988A Method for Managing a Game Session Related to a Plurality of Gaming Machine Terminals
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,360,868Method for progressive card game tournament
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,523,655Method and system for operating a secondary game in conjunction with a primary game
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,516,124Game Session Management for Joining Multiple Game Machines in a Single Game Session
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,152,664Partition Management System
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,738,677Method of Generating Random Numbers for a Gaming System
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,089,774Method of Controlling an Update of Game Code in a Gaming System
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,540,577System for computerized multiplayer tournament gaming and a method thereof
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,251,661Remote live game
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 38: 4 lapsed for an unpaid fee. List them

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

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.

1 pending · 6 no status recorded

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