Also listed on Tapjoy, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 14, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 3, 2033
Held by Unity Technologies SF
Filed Sep 13, 2016 as application 15/264,165 · Granted Feb 5, 2019
Base term plus 70 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jan 3, 2013
Jan 3, 2013
Term ends
Mar 14, 2033
Mar 14, 2033
Granted
Feb 5, 2019
Feb 5, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
70
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,477,483, to Mar 14, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 70 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 3, 2013, when application 13/733,743, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 13, 2016) | Jan 3, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +70 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 14, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,477,483) | resolves to Mar 14, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 14, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,477,483 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2013/078452 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,200,442 | this patent Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2018 Reel 45939, frame 436 | Tapjoy, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Apr 4, 2022 Reel 59486, frame 71 | Silicon Valley Bank | Tapjoy, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2022 Reel 60206, frame 888 | Tapjoy, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Nov 1, 2022 Reel 61835, frame 736 | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Tapjoy, Inc. | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame No. 060206/0888 |
| Oct 24, 2023 Reel 65414, frame 331 | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Tapjoy, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers 1074077,10607245, and 10200442 Which Were Inadvertently Input as Application Numbers Previously Recorded at Reel: 060206 Frame: 0888. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jun 21, 2024 Reel 67806, frame 361 | Tapjoy, Inc. | Unity Technologies SF | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2033
Term ends Mar 14, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 70 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,477,483, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.