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Extrinsic Incentivized Scaffolding in Computer Games via Advertising Responsive to Intrinsic Game Events

US 10,740,777 In force
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Also listed on Tapjoy, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Aug 21, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Mar 13, 2013 as application 13/802,027 · Granted Aug 11, 2020
Base term plus 891 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2035
Clock starts
Mar 13, 2013
Term ends
Aug 21, 2035
Granted
Aug 11, 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
891
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 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.
2
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This patent's term runs 891 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 13, 2013, when this application, 13/802,027, was filedMar 13, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+891 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 21, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 21, 2035High confidence

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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
Mar 20, 2013
Reel 30047, frame 994
Brown, Hans-frederick; Mihelic-booth, ShaneTapjoy, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 1, 2016
Reel 38766, frame 662
Tapjoy, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Jun 8, 2016
Reel 38841, frame 861
Tapjoy, Inc.Orix Ventures, LLCSecurity Interest
Jun 1, 2018
Reel 45962, frame 506
Orix Ventures, LLCTapjoy, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 4, 2022
Reel 59486, frame 71
Silicon Valley BankTapjoy, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 15, 2022
Reel 60206, frame 888
Tapjoy, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Nov 1, 2022
Reel 61835, frame 736
Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative AgentTapjoy, 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 AgentTapjoy, 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 334
Tapjoy, Inc.Unity Technologies SFAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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