Term ends Mar 3, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 28, 2031
Filed Jun 8, 2011 as application 13/155,633 · Granted Nov 26, 2013
Base term plus 189 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jan 28, 2011
Jan 28, 2011
Term ends
Mar 3, 2031
Mar 3, 2031
Granted
Nov 26, 2013
Nov 26, 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
189
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 8,382,591.
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.
5
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 189 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 Jan 28, 2011, when application 13/016,785, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 8, 2011) | Jan 28, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +189 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 5, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,382,591) | capped to Mar 3, 2031 | 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 | Mar 3, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,382,591 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2011/038627 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,591,334 | this patent Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2012/040940 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,840,472 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2011 Reel 27267, frame 822 | Baccichet, Pierpaolo; Toy, Michael; Adams, Emily; Perlman, Stephen G. | Onlive, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 29, 2012 Reel 28884, frame 120 | Onlive, Inc. | Insolvency Services Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 6, 2012 Reel 28912, frame 53 | Insolvency Services Group, Inc. | OL2, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2015 Reel 35354, frame 237 | OL2, Inc. | Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 5, 2016 Reel 38617, frame 474 | Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC | Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC | Change of Name |
| Mar 30, 2020 Reel 53323, frame 567 | Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC | Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC | Merger |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Mar 2031
Term ends Mar 3, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 189 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 8,382,591.
Citations
62
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.