Term ends Apr 15, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 30, 2026
Filed Jun 30, 2006 as application 11/479,829 · Granted Mar 27, 2012
Base term plus 289 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2006
Jun 30, 2006
Term ends
Apr 15, 2027
Apr 15, 2027
Granted
Mar 27, 2012
Mar 27, 2012
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
289
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.
4
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 289 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 Jun 30, 2006, when this application, 11/479,829, was filed | Jun 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +289 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 15, 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 | Apr 15, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,142,289 | this patent Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 8,734,258 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 9,550,112 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application 15/414,583 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2006 Reel 18152, frame 87 | Gutmann, Robert | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 9, 2010 Reel 25406, frame 506 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC | Merger |
| 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
Apr 2027
Term ends Apr 15, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 289 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.