Term ends Aug 10, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 28, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Mattel , Inc.
Filed Oct 18, 2010 as application 12/906,600 · Granted Aug 12, 2014
Base term plus 834 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Apr 28, 2008
Apr 28, 2008
Term ends
Aug 10, 2030
Aug 10, 2030
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Aug 12, 2014
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
834
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
11
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 834 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Apr 28, 2008, when application 12/111,168, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 18, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 28, 2028 | 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 | +834 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 10, 2030 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 10, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,857,679 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 8,006,943 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 8,747,180 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2018 | Jun 2018 |
| US 8,690,632 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| Application 61/329,921 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,801,492 | this patent Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 9,504,926 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 8,256,721 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
8 of 11 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2011 Reel 25744, frame 86 | O'connor, Stacy Lynn; Vetuskey, Brendon | Mattel , Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2030
Term ends Aug 10, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 834 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
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.