Lapsed Dec 25, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 28, 2021
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by LNW Gaming, Inc.
Filed Sep 28, 2001 as application 09/967,500 · Granted Dec 25, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1762 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Dec 25, 2024
2001
2026
Clock starts
Sep 28, 2001
Sep 28, 2001
No longer in force
Dec 25, 2024
Dec 25, 2024
Granted
Dec 25, 2012
Dec 25, 2012
Term would have run to
Jul 26, 2026
Jul 26, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,762
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
256
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 Jul 26, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 1762 days of term 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 Sep 28, 2001, when this application, 09/967,500, was filed | Sep 28, 2021 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1762 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 26, 2026 | 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 Dec 25, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 25, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,655,684 | Term ended no later than Aug 2018 | no later than Aug 2018 |
| US 6,676,127 | Term ended Sep 2019 | Sep 2019 |
| US 6,585,588 | Term ended Aug 2021 | Aug 2021 |
| US 6,454,266 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2010 | Sep 2010 |
| US 6,651,981 | Term ended no later than Sep 2021 | no later than Sep 2021 |
| US 8,337,296 | this patent Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| US 6,698,759 | Term ended no later than Sep 2015 | no later than Sep 2015 |
| US 6,568,678 | Term ended no later than Aug 2014 | no later than Aug 2014 |
8 of 256 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2002 Reel 12485, frame 701 | Grauzer, Attila; Lopez, David B. | Shuffle Master, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 19, 2006 Reel 18645, frame 715 | Shuffle Master, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 4, 2010 Reel 25314, frame 772 | Shuffle Master, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, NA, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 11, 2011 Reel 25941, frame 313 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Shuffle Master, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 1, 2012 Reel 29229, frame 321 | Shuffle Master, Inc. | SHFL Entertainment, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 25, 2013 Reel 31721, frame 715 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | SHFL Entertainment, Inc., Formerly Known as Shuffle Master, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 25314/0772 |
| Nov 30, 2013 Reel 31744, frame 825 | SHFL Entertainment, Inc., Formerly Known as Shuffle Master, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Amended and Restated Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 18, 2014 Reel 33766, frame 248 | SHFL Entertainment, Inc. | Bally Gaming, Inc. | Merger |
| Dec 1, 2014 Reel 34501, frame 49 | Bank Of America, N.a. | SHFL Entertainment, Inc.; Arcade Planet, Inc.; Bally Gaming, Inc.; Bally Gaming International, Inc.; Bally Technologies, Inc.; Sierra Design Group | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | SHFL Entertainment, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Arcade Planet, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Bally Gaming, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Bally Gaming International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Bally Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Sierra Design Group | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 3, 2014 Reel 34535, frame 94 | Bally Gaming, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 4, 2014 Reel 34530, frame 318 | Bally Gaming, Inc.; Scientific Games International, Inc.; WMS Gaming Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 25, 2017 Reel 43326, frame 668 | Bank Of America, N.a. | SHFL Entertainment, Inc.,Formerly Known as Shuffle Master, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Releases RF 031744/0825) |
| Dec 15, 2017 Reel 44889, frame 662 | Scientific Games International, Inc.; Bally Gaming, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 11, 2018 Reel 45909, frame 513 | Scientific Games International, Inc.; Bally Gaming, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 5, 2018 Reel 47924, frame 701 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Scientific Games International, Inc.; Bally Gaming, Inc.; WMS Gaming Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Releases Reel/Frame 034530/0318) |
| Nov 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Scientific Games International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Releases Reel/Frame 034530/0318) |
| Nov 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Bally Gaming, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Releases Reel/Frame 034530/0318) |
| Nov 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | WMS Gaming Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Releases Reel/Frame 034530/0318) |
| Jan 19, 2020 Reel 51643, frame 44 | Bally Gaming, Inc. | SG Gaming, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 21, 2022 Reel 59756, frame 397 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Scientific Games International, Inc.; WMS Gaming Inc.; Bally Gaming, Inc.; Don Best Sports Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Scientific Games International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | WMS Gaming Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Bally Gaming, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Don Best Sports Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 7, 2023 Reel 62669, frame 341 | SG Gaming, Inc. | LNW Gaming, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 21, 2023 Reel 63122, frame 655 | Bally Gaming, Inc. | SG Gaming, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the 9076307 and the Other 19 Properties Listed on the First Page of the Attachment Previously Recorded at Reel: 051643 Frame: 0044. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
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Citations
469
later US patents cite this one
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