Term ends Jan 28, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 28, 2031
Filed Feb 26, 2013 as application 13/777,805 · Granted Sep 23, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jan 28, 2011
Jan 28, 2011
Term ends
Jan 28, 2031
Jan 28, 2031
Granted
Sep 23, 2014
Sep 23, 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 8,382,591, to Jan 28, 2031. 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.
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 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 Jan 28, 2011, when application 13/016,785, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 26, 2013) | Jan 28, 2031 | 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 8,382,591) | resolves to Jan 28, 2031, 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 | Jan 28, 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 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2012/040940 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,840,472 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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What's changing
Jan 2031
Term ends Jan 28, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,382,591, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
34
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.