Term ends Jun 30, 2036 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Electronic Arts Inc.

Filed Oct 31, 2022 as application 18/051,477 · Granted Aug 20, 2024

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Jun 30, 2036

2016 2036

Clock starts
Jun 30, 2016

Term ends
Jun 30, 2036

Granted
Aug 20, 2024

base term 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

None

Term adjustment

No prosecution delay on this record.

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

0 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.

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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 2 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 Jun 30, 2016, when application 15/199,827, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 31, 2022)	Jun 30, 2036	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	None on file	no change	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	0 of 2 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Jun 30, 2036	High confidence

This family

US 10,226,708	In force Aug 2036	Aug 2036
US 10,850,204	In force Jun 2036	Jun 2036
US 11,484,802	In force Jun 2036	Jun 2036
US 12,064,698	this patent Jun 2036	Jun 2036
Application 18/809,039	Pending not computed	not computed

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
Aug 4, 2026 Reel 76200, frame 935	Electronic Arts Inc.	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent	Patent Security Agreement
Aug 4, 2026 Reel 76508, frame 671	Electronic Arts Inc.	U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent	Patent Security Agreement

Sources

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

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What's changing

Jun 2036

Term ends Jun 30, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then

Citations

later US patents cite this one

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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.

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