Also listed on Aruze Gaming (Hong Kong) Limited, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 30, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 30, 2029
Held by Interblock D.O.O.
Filed Jun 12, 2012 as application 13/494,617 · Granted Apr 1, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2009
Oct 30, 2009
Term ends
Oct 30, 2029
Oct 30, 2029
Granted
Apr 1, 2014
Apr 1, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,216,067, to Oct 30, 2029. 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 Oct 30, 2009, when application 12/609,397, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 12, 2012) | Oct 30, 2029 | 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 8,216,067) | resolves to Oct 30, 2029, 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 | Oct 30, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,216,067 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 8,684,812 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,998,698 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2019 Reel 50645, frame 518 | Kishi, Hideaki | Aruze Gaming (Hong Kong) Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 4, 2021 Reel 56446, frame 379 | Aruze Gaming (Hong Kong) Limited | Aruze Gaming America, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 25, 2022 Reel 62305, frame 358 | Aruze Gaming America, Inc. | Aruze Gaming America, Inc. | Change of Address |
| Aug 25, 2023 Reel 64719, frame 441 | Aruze Gaming America, Inc. | Interblock USA L.C. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 2, 2023 Reel 65101, frame 673 | Interblock USA L.C. | Interblock D.O.O. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 2, 2023 Reel 65430, frame 971 | Interblock USA L.C. | Acquiom Agency Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 15, 2026 Reel 76684, frame 688 | Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Collateral Agent | Interblock USA L.C. | Termination and Release of Grant of Intellectual Property Security Agreements at Reel/Frame No. 65430/0971 |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 30, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,216,067, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 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.