Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 3, 2025 (Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch).
Term ends Dec 9, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 19, 2027
Held by IGT
Filed Oct 19, 2007 as application 11/874,911 · Granted Sep 4, 2012
Base term plus 1147 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2030
Clock starts
Oct 19, 2007
Oct 19, 2007
Term ends
Dec 9, 2030
Dec 9, 2030
Granted
Sep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 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
1,147
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.
20
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 1147 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 19, 2007, when this application, 11/874,911, was filed | Oct 19, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1147 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 9, 2030 | 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 | Dec 9, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,976,384 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US D467,977 | Term ended Dec 2016 | Dec 2016 |
| US 8,328,635 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,007,358 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,266,212 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 8,696,465 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,257,170 | this patent Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| Application 12/118,700 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 20 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2010 Reel 25223, frame 202 | Linard, Sylvie; Brunet De Courssou, Thierry | Cyberscan Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 4, 2010 Reel 25238, frame 645 | Cyberscan Technology, Inc. | Cyberview Technology, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 28, 2011 Reel 25713, frame 850 | Cyberview Technology, Inc. | Mudalla Technology, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 10, 2012 Reel 27686, frame 900 | Mudalla Technology, Inc. | IGT | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 3, 2025 Reel 71817, frame 394 | IGT | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Dec 2030
Term ends Dec 9, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1147 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
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
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