Term ends no later than Nov 29, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 31, 2034
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Filed Apr 22, 2021 as application 17/237,523 · Granted Feb 28, 2023
Base term plus 29 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2014
Oct 31, 2014
Ends no later than
Nov 29, 2034
Nov 29, 2034
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Feb 28, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
29
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
6
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 29 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Oct 31, 2014, when application PCT/JP2014/079082, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 22, 2021) | Oct 31, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +29 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 29, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Nov 29, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,133,073 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 10,684,475 | In force no later than Oct 2034 | no later than Oct 2034 |
| US 11,016,297 | In force no later than Oct 2034 | no later than Oct 2034 |
| US 11,592,668 | this patent no later than Nov 2034 | no later than Nov 2034 |
| US 11,914,147 | In force no later than Oct 2034 | no later than Oct 2034 |
5 of 6 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2021 Reel 56008, frame 369 | Oto, Tomohiro; Benson, Simon Mark; Bickerstaff, Ian Henry | Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.; Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 22, 2021 Reel 56008, frame 414 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited | Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited | Change of Name |
| Apr 22, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Bickerstaff, Ian Henry; Benson, Simon Mark; Oto, Tomohiro | Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 22, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Bickerstaff, Ian Henry; Benson, Simon Mark; Oto, Tomohiro | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2034
Term ends no later than Nov 29, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 29 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Nov 29, 2034. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2023 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.