Term ended Jul 6, 2021 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 6, 2021
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Dec 29, 2025.
Held by Scientific Games, LLC
Filed Jul 10, 2012 as application 13/545,396 · Granted Nov 26, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jul 6, 2021
2001
2026
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2001
Jul 6, 2001
Term ended
Jul 6, 2021
Jul 6, 2021
Granted
Nov 26, 2013
Nov 26, 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
6
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. 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 Jul 6, 2001, when application 09/900,235, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 10, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 6, 2021 | 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 | 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Dec 29, 2025, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 6, 2021 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 6,592,454 | Term ended Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| US 7,674,169 | Term ended no later than Nov 2025 | no later than Nov 2025 |
| Application 10/612,782 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,216,049 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| US 8,747,208 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 8,591,309 | this patent Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
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 976 | 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 59596, frame 991 | Scientific Games, Inc. | Scientific Games, LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 5, 2022 Reel 59597, frame 66 | Scientific Games International, Inc. | Scientific Games, LLC | Amended and Restated Assignment |
| 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 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 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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