Term ends Aug 13, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 13, 2030
Held by Zynga Inc.
Filed Aug 13, 2010 as application 12/856,508 · Granted Jun 4, 2013
Base term plus 107 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Aug 13, 2010
Aug 13, 2010
Term ends
Aug 13, 2030
Aug 13, 2030
Granted
Jun 4, 2013
Jun 4, 2013
base term
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
107
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,348,768.
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.
9
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 107 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Aug 13, 2010, when this application, 12/856,508, was filed | Aug 13, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +107 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 28, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,348,768) | capped to Aug 13, 2030 | 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 | Aug 13, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,454,441 | this patent 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 | Lapsed on the fee record 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2010 Reel 24938, frame 315 | 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 |
| May 18, 2011 Reel 26296, frame 525 | Zynga Game Network Inc. | 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 |
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What's changing
Aug 2030
Term ends Aug 13, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 107 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,348,768.
Citations
210
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.
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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.