Term ends Aug 21, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 21, 2027
Held by Scientific Games, LLC
Filed May 9, 2012 as application 13/467,313 · Granted Nov 12, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Aug 21, 2007
Aug 21, 2007
Term ends
Aug 21, 2027
Aug 21, 2027
Granted
Nov 12, 2013
Nov 12, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,197,323, to Aug 21, 2027. 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.
3
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 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 21, 2007, when application 11/842,207, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 9, 2012) | Aug 21, 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,197,323) | resolves to Aug 21, 2027, 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 21, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,197,323 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,579,693 | this patent Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 9,633,520 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2013 Reel 31847, frame 110 | Scientific Games International, Inc.; WMS 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 |
| 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) |
| Oct 30, 2021 Reel 57970, frame 948 | Scientific Games International, Inc. | Scientific Games, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 5, 2022 Reel 59595, frame 537 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Scientific Games, LLC | Partial Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at R/F 045909/0513 |
| Apr 5, 2022 Reel 59614, frame 598 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Scientific Games, LLC (F/K/A Scientific Games, Inc.) (as Successor in Interest to Scientific Games International, Inc. and SG Gaming, Inc. (F/K/A/ Bally Gaming, Inc.) (as Successor in Interest to WMS Gaming Inc.)) | Partial Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 5, 2022 Reel 59616, frame 370 | Scientific Games, Inc. | Scientific Games, LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 5, 2022 Reel 59616, frame 483 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Scientific Games, LLC | Partial Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at R/F 044889/0662 |
| Apr 5, 2022 Reel 59852, frame 1 | Scientific Games, LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Security Interest |
| Apr 5, 2022 Reel 60365, frame 519 | Scientific Games International, Inc. | Scientific Games, LLC | Amended and Restated Assignment |
| 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 |
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What's changing
Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 21, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,197,323, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
5
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
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