Term ends Dec 1, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 30, 2026
Filed Mar 27, 2012 as application 13/431,682 · Granted May 27, 2014
Base term plus 154 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2006
Jun 30, 2006
Term ends
Dec 1, 2026
Dec 1, 2026
Granted
May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
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
154
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,142,289, to Dec 1, 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 runs 154 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jun 30, 2006, when application 11/479,829, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 27, 2012) | Jun 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +154 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 1, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,142,289) | resolves to Dec 1, 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 1, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,142,289 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 8,734,258 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 9,550,112 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application 15/414,583 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2012 Reel 28191, frame 385 | Gutmann, Robert | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 10, 2012 Reel 28191, frame 435 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC | Merger |
| 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
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 1, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 154 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,142,289, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.