Lapsed Oct 16, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 30, 2031
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Zynga Inc.
Filed Sep 26, 2011 as application 13/244,801 · Granted Oct 16, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 16, 2024
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2011
Jun 30, 2011
No longer in force
Oct 16, 2024
Oct 16, 2024
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Oct 16, 2012
Term would have run to
Jun 30, 2031
Jun 30, 2031
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
8
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 Jun 30, 2031: its 20-year base term, with no 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 30, 2011, when application 13/174,724, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 26, 2011) | Jun 30, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 16, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 16, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,292,743 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 8,287,383 | this patent Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 9,033,803 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 9,669,318 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 10,143,926 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 10,709,984 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| US 11,376,504 | In force no later than Jun 2031 | no later than Jun 2031 |
| US 12,029,985 | In force no later than Jun 2031 | no later than Jun 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2014 Reel 32008, frame 570 | Etter, Nathan Arthur; Monahan, Jay; Ocko, Matthew Adam; Reynolds, Brian | Zynga Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 21, 2018 Reel 49147, frame 546 | Zynga Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Lender | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 11, 2020 Reel 54701, frame 393 | Bank of America, N.A., as Lender | Zynga Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 14, 2020 Reel 54719, frame 490 | Zynga Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| May 23, 2022 Reel 60163, frame 437 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Zynga Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
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Citations
293
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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