Also listed on Cash Systems, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 3, 2025 (Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch).
Term ends May 6, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 28, 2025
Held by Everi Payments Inc.
Filed Oct 28, 2005 as application 11/261,974 · Granted Apr 12, 2011
Base term plus 555 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Oct 28, 2005
Oct 28, 2005
Term ends
May 6, 2027
May 6, 2027
Granted
Apr 12, 2011
Apr 12, 2011
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
555
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
This patent's term runs 555 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Oct 28, 2005, when this application, 11/261,974, was filed | Oct 28, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +555 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 6, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 6, 2027 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2006 Reel 17307, frame 158 | Potts, Craig K. | Cash Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 4, 2011 Reel 25902, frame 556 | Cash Systems, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest in United States Patents |
| May 22, 2013 Reel 30467, frame 1 | Cash Systems, Inc. | Global Cash Access, Inc. | Merger |
| Dec 19, 2014 Reel 34557, frame 907 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Cash Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 22, 2014 Reel 34692, frame 667 | Global Cash Access, Inc.; Multimedia Games, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 23, 2014 Reel 34699, frame 393 | Global Cash Access, Inc.; Multimedia Games, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2015 Reel 36501, frame 925 | Global Cash Access, Inc. | Everi Payments Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 9, 2017 Reel 42434, frame 6 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Everi Payments Inc.; Everi Games Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 9, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Everi Payments Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 9, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Everi Games Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2017 Reel 42440, frame 76 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Everi Payments Inc. (F/K/A Global Cash Access, Inc.); Everi Games Inc. (F/K/A Multimedia Games, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Everi Payments Inc. (F/K/A Global Cash Access, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Everi Games Inc. (F/K/A Multimedia Games, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| May 11, 2017 Reel 42484, frame 715 | Everi Games Inc.; Everi Payments Inc.; Global Payments, Inc.; Jackpot Digital Inc.; Multimedia Games, Inc., N/K/A Everi Games Inc.; Western Money Systems | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 24, 2020 Reel 52494, frame 463 | Everi Holdings Inc.; Everi Payments Inc.; Gca MTL, LLC; Central Credit, LLC; Everi Games Inc.; Everi Games Holding Inc.; Everi Interactive LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 6, 2021 Reel 57111, frame 1 | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Every Payments Inc.; Everi Holdings Inc.; Everi Games Holding Inc.; Gca MTL, LLC; Central Credit, LLC; Everi Interactive LLC; Everi Games Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 Reel 57112, frame 843 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Payments Inc.; Everi Games Inc.; Western Money Systems | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Every Payments Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Everi Holdings Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Everi Games Holding Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Gca MTL, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Central Credit, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Everi Interactive LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Everi Games Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Payments Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Games Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Western Money Systems | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 13, 2021 Reel 57184, frame 244 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Payments Inc.; Everi Holdings Inc.; Everi Games Holding Inc.; Gca MTL, LLC; Central Credit, LLC; Everi Interactive LLC; Everi Games Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Payments Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Holdings Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Games Holding Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Gca MTL, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Central Credit, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Interactive LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Games Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Feb 2, 2022 Reel 58948, frame 265 | Everi Holdings Inc. | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (SHORT-FORM) |
| Jul 1, 2025 Reel 71791, frame 236 | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Everi Holdings Inc. | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel 058948, Frame 0265 |
| Jul 3, 2025 Reel 71827, frame 315 | Everi Games Inc.; Everi Payments Inc. | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
May 2027
Term ends May 6, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 555 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
110
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2011 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.