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Tapcentive, Inc.

10 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
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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.
  • 2 fees due Jan 23 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 23
  • 1 fee due Jul 7, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Electronic instant tickets for instant ticket vending machines (US 10,529,187) comes due Jul 7, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 7, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Sep 17, 2027
    The maintenance fee for System and method for allowing a consumer to play a plurality of virtual instant tickets that are loaded into a microprocessor and that is physically provided to the consumer (US 10,593,153) comes due Sep 17, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 17, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Nov 7, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and System for Predetermined Games of Chance Using Smart Cards to Securely Distribute Game Outcome (US 11,978,305) comes due Nov 7, 2027. Unpaid by May 8, 2028, it lapses early.

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Patents held now

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PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 10,593,153System and method for allowing a consumer to play a plurality of virtual instant tickets that are loaded into a microprocessor and that is physically provided to the consumer
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US 9,639,865Distributed generation of a coupon
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 10,360,577Distributed generation of a coupon using a game of chance, a random number generator and a payout table to determine the value of the coupon
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US 9,911,274Secure distributed gambling using stand-alone gambling platforms formed by independently operating coupled pairs of gambling microprocessors and mobile computing devices
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 10,529,187Electronic instant tickets for instant ticket vending machines
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 10,695,681System for unlocking game play data on near field communications system for unlocking game play data on near field communications (NFC) chips to allow for game play on an electronic computing device that uses the game play data
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 10,366,564Personal gaming terminal used in possession of player
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US 10,789,808Process for allowing a consumer to play and redeem virtual instant tickets using a NFC chip or tag that stores inventory control numbers, and an ancillary device that facilitates communication between the NFC chip or tag and a remote gaming server which provides game outcomes to the ancillary device for display thereon
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 11,263,869Process for allowing a consumer to play and redeem digitall pull-tab tickets using a NFC chip or tag that stores inventory control numbers, and an ancillary device that facilitates communication between the NFC chip or tag and a remote gaming server which provides game outcomes to the ancillary device for display thereon
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 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 11,978,305Method and System for Predetermined Games of Chance Using Smart Cards to Securely Distribute Game Outcome
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence

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