Term ends Oct 12, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 12, 2027
Held by Activision Publishing, Inc.
Filed Mar 29, 2012 as application 13/433,593 · Granted May 14, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Oct 12, 2007
Oct 12, 2007
Term ends
Oct 12, 2027
Oct 12, 2027
Granted
May 14, 2013
May 14, 2013
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 12, 2007, when application 11/871,490, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 29, 2012) | Oct 12, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 12, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,792,801 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 8,214,335 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2020 | Jul 2020 |
| US 8,442,946 | this patent Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| Application 13/893,129 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2012 Reel 28149, frame 133 | Hamilton, Rick A., II; O'connell, Brian M.; Kozloski, James R.; Pickover, Clifford A.; Seaman, James W.; Walker, Keith R. | International Business Machines Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2013 Reel 29900, frame 285 | International Business Machines Corporation | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2014 Reel 32240, frame 257 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 17, 2016 Reel 40381, frame 487 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Activision Blizzard Inc.; Activision Publishing, Inc.; Activision Entertainment Holdings, Inc.; Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 17, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Activision Blizzard Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 17, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 17, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Activision Entertainment Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 17, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2027
Term ends Oct 12, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
130
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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