Term ends no later than Jul 5, 2032 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 2, 2031
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Filed Jun 3, 2011 as application 13/153,106 · Granted Dec 16, 2014
Base term plus 519 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Feb 2, 2011
Feb 2, 2011
Ends no later than
Jul 5, 2032
Jul 5, 2032
Granted
Dec 16, 2014
Dec 16, 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
519
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
2 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.
10
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 519 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Feb 2, 2011, when applications 13/019,924 and 13/019,928, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Jun 3, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 2, 2031 | 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 | +519 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 5, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Jul 5, 2032 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 8,961,305 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 8,317,615 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 8,913,009 | this patent no later than Jul 2032 | no later than Jul 2032 |
| US 8,814,686 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 9,776,083 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 10,449,444 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 11,173,392 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 11,745,097 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2011 Reel 26582, frame 474 | Takeda, Genyo; Cheng, Howard | Nintendo Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2032
Term ends no later than Jul 5, 2032.
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 519 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jul 5, 2032. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
13
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.