Lapsed Oct 16, 2024 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 13, 2030
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Zynga Inc.
Filed Sep 26, 2011 as application 13/244,932 · Granted Oct 16, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 16, 2024
2010
2030
Clock starts
Aug 13, 2010
Aug 13, 2010
No longer in force
Oct 16, 2024
Oct 16, 2024
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Oct 16, 2012
Term would have run to
Aug 13, 2030
Aug 13, 2030
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
9
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 Aug 13, 2030: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Aug 13, 2010, when application 12/856,508, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 26, 2011) | Aug 13, 2030 | 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 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 16, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 16, 2024 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,454,441 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 8,491,395 | In force no later than Aug 2030 | no later than Aug 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2011/045782 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,287,384 | this patent Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 8,388,452 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 8,348,768 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 8,282,491 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 8,388,451 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2018 Reel 49147, frame 546 | Zynga Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Lender | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jan 9, 2019 Reel 47944, frame 558 | Auterio, Kathleen; Ersever, Deniz; Kheskani, Hardik; Lam, Serena; Makarsky, Christopher Joseph; Mosites, Donald C.; Mullin, Benjamin; Talapatra, Shantanu; Waldron, Justin; Wang, Jackson | Zynga Game Network, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 9, 2019 Reel 48041, frame 480 | Zynga Game Network Inc. | Zynga Inc. | Change of Name |
| 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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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Oct 16, 2024. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
193
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
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.