Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 3, 2025 (Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch).
Term ends Jan 11, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 10, 2030
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by IGT
Filed Apr 13, 2011 as application 13/086,218 · Granted Jun 11, 2013
Base term plus 62 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Nov 10, 2010
Nov 10, 2010
Term ends
Jan 11, 2031
Jan 11, 2031
Granted
Jun 11, 2013
Jun 11, 2013
base term
patent term adjustment
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
62
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
38
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 62 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 10, 2010, when applications 12/943,789, 12/943,792, 12/943,797, 12/943,798 and 12/943,802, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Apr 13, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 10, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +62 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 11, 2031 | 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 | Jan 11, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,088,014 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,083,592 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 8,241,119 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 8,336,697 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| Application 12/943,802 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2010/059551 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,460,091 | this patent Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 8,317,604 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
8 of 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2011 Reel 26312, frame 7 | Wells, William R.; Saffari, Ali | Leap Forward Gaming | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 7, 2013 Reel 30370, frame 294 | Leap Forward Gaming, Inc. | Macquarie US Trading LLC | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 7, 2014 Reel 32189, frame 218 | Wells, William R; Saffari, Ali | Leap Forward Gaming, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 026312 Frame 0007. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Oct 17, 2016 Reel 40033, frame 234 | Leap Forward Gaming, Inc. | IGT | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 17, 2016 Reel 40033, frame 226 | Macquarie US Trading LLC | Leap Forward Gaming, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 3, 2025 Reel 71817, frame 394 | IGT | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2031
Term ends Jan 11, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 62 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
44
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.