Term ended Nov 14, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 14, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Interactive Games LLC
Filed Jul 11, 2024 as application 18/769,620 · Granted Jun 23, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Nov 14, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 14, 2006
Nov 14, 2006
Term ended
Nov 14, 2026
Nov 14, 2026
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Jun 23, 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 Nov 14, 2006, when application 11/559,829, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 11, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 14, 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 | Nov 14, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,645,709 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 10,706,673 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 11,430,293 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 17/896,185 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,586,440 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 12,664,858 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2025 Reel 71593, frame 483 | CFPH, LLC | Interactive Games LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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