Term ended Oct 26, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 26, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Interactive Games LLC
Filed Apr 18, 2024 as application 18/638,836 · Granted Jan 6, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Oct 26, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 26, 2006
Oct 26, 2006
Term ended
Oct 26, 2026
Oct 26, 2026
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Jan 6, 2026
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 26, 2006, when application 11/553,130, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 18, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 26, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | No maintenance fee can end the term early | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 26, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,306,952 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 10,535,221 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 11,527,129 | Term ended no later than Oct 2026 | no later than Oct 2026 |
| US 12,518,592 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
4 of 6 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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