Term ended Oct 13, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 13, 2026
Held by Gaming Realms, PLC
Filed Nov 8, 2012 as application 13/672,414 · Granted Oct 15, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Oct 13, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 13, 2006
Oct 13, 2006
Term ended
Oct 13, 2026
Oct 13, 2026
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Oct 15, 2013
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,337,291, to Oct 13, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Oct 13, 2006, when application 11/580,728, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 8, 2012) | Oct 13, 2026 | 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 resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,337,291) | resolves to Oct 13, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 13, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,993,193 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 8,337,291 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 13/136,612 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,556,701 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2014 Reel 32399, frame 277 | Falciglia, Salvatore, SR. | Falciglia, Dolores | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 6, 2014 Reel 32399, frame 464 | Falciglia, Salvatore, SR.; Falciglia, Dolores | Slingo, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2015 Reel 36315, frame 966 | Gaming Realms PLC | Realnetworks, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Nov 17, 2015 Reel 37124, frame 328 | Slingo, Inc. | Gaming Realms, PLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 14, 2017 Reel 44402, frame 669 | Gaming Realms PLC | JPJ Group Holdings Limited | Security Interest |
| Dec 14, 2017 Reel 44402, frame 731 | Gaming Realms PLC | Jackpotjoy Operations Ltd. | Security Interest |
| Dec 14, 2017 Reel 44402, frame 801 | Realnetworks, Inc. | Gaming Realms PLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 9, 2022 Reel 62047, frame 381 | JPJ Group Holdings Limited | Gaming Realms PLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 9, 2022 Reel 62047, frame 446 | Jackpotjoy Operations Ltd. | Gaming Realms PLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,337,291, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
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