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Methods and Systems for Playing Baccarat Jackpot

US 7,918,723 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Lapsed Apr 5, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by IGT
Filed Jan 24, 2005 as application 11/042,732 · Granted Apr 5, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 601 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Apr 5, 2023
2005 2026
Clock starts
Jan 24, 2005
No longer in force
Apr 5, 2023
Granted
Apr 5, 2011
Term would have run to
Sep 17, 2026
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
601
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
26
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Sep 17, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 601 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 24, 2005, when this application, 11/042,732, was filedJan 24, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+601 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 17, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Apr 5, 2023High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 5, 2023High confidence

This family

US 7,918,723this patent
Apr 2023
Apr 2023
Application 11/198,218Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 7,914,368Lapsed on the fee record
Mar 2023
Mar 2023
US 7,922,587In force
no later than Jan 2027
no later than Jan 2027
US 8,308,559In force
Jun 2029
Jun 2029
US 8,323,105In force
Jun 2029
Jun 2029
US 8,210,920In force
Feb 2028
Feb 2028
US 8,182,321In force
Jan 2027
Jan 2027
8 of 26 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 2, 2005
Reel 16187, frame 366
Chun, JayLT Game LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 26, 2007
Reel 20046, frame 679
LT Game Ltd.Chun, JayAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 26, 2013
Reel 30686, frame 939
Chun, JaySolution Champion LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 18, 2016
Reel 38747, frame 719
Fresh Idea Global Limited; Solution Champion Limited; LT Game LimitedIGTAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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