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Method of Controlling Avatars

US 8,949,717 In force (reinstated)
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Term ends Apr 9, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Nov 15, 2011 as application 13/297,218 · Granted Feb 3, 2015
Base term plus 175 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2032
Clock starts
Oct 17, 2011
Term ends
Apr 9, 2032
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
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
175
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
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 runs 175 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 17, 2011, when applications 13/275,113 and 13/275,186, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Nov 15, 2011)Oct 17, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+175 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 9, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn force (reinstated)High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 9, 2032High confidence

This family

Application 13/275,113Abandoned
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US 9,305,319In force
Oct 2031
Oct 2031
US 8,949,717this patent
Apr 2032
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Application PCT/US2012/060403PCT application
no patent term
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Application PCT/US2012/060400PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 4, 2012
Reel 27653, frame 560
Maor, Yehonatan Rafael; Sadoun, Yossi; Meiri, Meishar; Maor, Gad Mordechi; Rakib, Adam; Rundstein, OferScene 53 Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 14, 2016
Reel 38940, frame 241
Maor, Yehonatan Rafael; Meiri, Meishar; Maor, Gad Mordechi; Sadoun, Yossi; Rakib, Adam; Rundstein, OferScene 53 (Israel) Ltd.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 027653 Frame 0560. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Oct 25, 2016
Reel 40478, frame 844
Playstudios, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Security Interest
Oct 25, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Playstudios, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.Security Interest
Oct 25, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Playstudios, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Security Interest
Oct 4, 2018
Reel 47069, frame 718
Scene 53 (Israel) Ltd.Playstudios International Israel Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 5, 2018
Reel 47760, frame 698
Scene 53 (Israel) Ltd.Playstudios, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 047069 Frame: 0718. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Dec 10, 2019
Reel 51237, frame 697
Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Playstudios, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 30, 2020
Reel 52256, frame 66
Playstudios, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Jul 6, 2021
Reel 56760, frame 960
Playstudios US, Inc.Playstudios US, LLCMerger
Jul 6, 2021
Reel 56769, frame 34
Silicon Valley BankPlaystudios US, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 7, 2021
Reel 56783, frame 722
Playstudios, Inc.Playstudios US, Inc.Change of Name
Jul 8, 2021
Reel 56795, frame 717
Playstudios US LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Jul 8, 2026
Reel 75208, frame 46
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Playstudios US LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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