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Resolution of Advertising Rules

US 10,657,538 In force
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Also listed on Volomedia, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jul 18, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Oct 25, 2006 as application 11/586,959 · Granted May 19, 2020
Base term plus 632 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2028
Clock starts
Oct 25, 2006
Term ends
Jul 18, 2028
Granted
May 19, 2020
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
632
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.

This patent's term runs 632 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 25, 2006, when this application, 11/586,959, was filedOct 25, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+632 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 18, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 18, 2028High confidence

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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 25, 2006
Reel 18473, frame 135
Yruski, Andrey; Navar, MurgeshPodbridge, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 14, 2008
Reel 20793, frame 380
Podbridge, Inc.Volomedia, Inc.Change of Name
Dec 3, 2009
Reel 23598, frame 714
Volomedia, Inc.Mustang Holdings LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 25, 2011
Reel 26175, frame 36
Mustang Holdings LLCSony Computer Entertainment America LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 5, 2016
Reel 38626, frame 637
Sony Computer Entertainment America LLCSony Interactive Entertainment America LLCChange of Name
Dec 19, 2018
Reel 47814, frame 108
Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLCSony Interactive Entertainment LLCMerger

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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