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Communication Game System, Game Apparatus, Server, Storage Medium Storing a Program, and Game Control Method

US 8,795,083 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Aug 5, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed May 8, 2006 as application 11/429,250 · Granted Aug 5, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 218 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 5, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
May 8, 2006
No longer in force
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Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Term would have run to
Dec 12, 2026
base term patent term adjustment 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
218
Days of term adjustment
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None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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Family applications on record here
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Its term would have run to Dec 12, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 218 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 8, 2006, when this application, 11/429,250, was filedMay 8, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+218 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 12, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Aug 5, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 5, 2026High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 8, 2006
Reel 17869, frame 114
Sasaki, Tetsuya; Hatayama, Yosuke; Nakamura, Daisuke; Shirota, Yoshitaka; Mitsuyoshi, Masaru; Takehisa, Yutaka; Eguchi, KatsuyaNintendo Co., Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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