Also listed on Onlive, Inc. (a Delaware Corporation), an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends no later than Nov 29, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 14, 2023
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Filed Jul 14, 2003 as application 10/618,931 · Granted Feb 28, 2012
Base term plus 1384 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2026
Clock starts
Feb 14, 2003
Feb 14, 2003
Ends no later than
Nov 29, 2026
Nov 29, 2026
Granted
Feb 28, 2012
Feb 28, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,384
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
7
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 runs 1384 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Feb 14, 2003, when application 10/367,197, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 14, 2003) | Feb 14, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1384 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 29, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Nov 29, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,590,084 | Term ended Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 7,567,527 | Term ended no later than Oct 2025 | no later than Oct 2025 |
| US 7,215,660 | Term ended Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 8,116,258 | In force no later than Jan 2027 | no later than Jan 2027 |
| US 8,125,940 | this patent no later than Nov 2026 | no later than Nov 2026 |
| US 8,385,258 | Term ended Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 7,471,665 | Term ended Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2004 Reel 15357, frame 863 | Perlman, Stephen G. | Rearden Studios, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 7, 2005 Reel 16229, frame 765 | Rearden Studios, Inc. | Rearden, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 22, 2006 Reel 18200, frame 563 | Rearden, Inc. | Rearden LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 27, 2007 Reel 19767, frame 456 | Rearden LLC | Onlive, Inc. ( a California Corporation) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 17, 2007 Reel 19843, frame 725 | Onlive, Inc. (a California Corporation) | Onlive, Inc. (a Delaware Corporation) | Merger |
| Aug 29, 2012 Reel 28884, frame 120 | Onlive, Inc. | Insolvency Services Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 6, 2012 Reel 28912, frame 53 | Insolvency Services Group, Inc. | OL2, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2015 Reel 35315, frame 949 | Rearden, Inc. | Stephen G. Perlman Revocable Trust Udt Dated August 7, 1997 | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2015 Reel 35315, frame 970 | Stephen G. Perlman Revocable Trust Udt Dated August 7, 1997 | Rearden LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2015 Reel 35315, frame 980 | Rearden LLC | Onlive, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2015 Reel 35354, frame 237 | OL2, Inc. | Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 5, 2016 Reel 38617, frame 474 | Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC | Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC | Change of Name |
| Mar 30, 2020 Reel 53323, frame 567 | Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC | Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC | Merger |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends no later than Nov 29, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 1384 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Nov 29, 2026. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.