Collateral for a security interest recorded May 23, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jun 6, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 6, 2027
Held by LNW Gaming, Inc.
Filed Sep 23, 2013 as application 14/034,281 · Granted Mar 24, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jun 6, 2007
Jun 6, 2007
Term ends
Jun 6, 2027
Jun 6, 2027
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Mar 24, 2015
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jun 6, 2007, when application 11/810,864, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 23, 2013) | Jun 6, 2027 | 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 | 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 | Jun 6, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,070,574 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,777,710 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 8,986,091 | this patent Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 9,259,640 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 9,339,723 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 9,633,523 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 9,659,461 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 9,922,502 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2014 Reel 31960, frame 775 | Grauzer, Attila; Bourbour, Feraidoon; Yoseloff, Mark L.; Haushalter, Todd | SHFL Entertainment, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 9, 2014 Reel 33272, frame 343 | SHFL Entertainment, Inc. | Bally Gaming, Inc. | Merger |
| Dec 1, 2014 Reel 34501, frame 49 | Bank Of America, N.a. | SHFL Entertainment, Inc.; Arcade Planet, Inc.; Bally Gaming, Inc.; Bally Gaming International, Inc.; Bally Technologies, Inc.; Sierra Design Group | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | SHFL Entertainment, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Arcade Planet, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Bally Gaming, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Bally Gaming International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Bally Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Sierra Design Group | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 3, 2014 Reel 34535, frame 94 | Bally Gaming, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 4, 2014 Reel 34530, frame 318 | Bally Gaming, Inc.; Scientific Games International, Inc.; WMS Gaming Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 15, 2017 Reel 44889, frame 662 | Scientific Games International, Inc.; Bally Gaming, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 11, 2018 Reel 45909, frame 513 | Scientific Games International, Inc.; Bally Gaming, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 5, 2018 Reel 47924, frame 701 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Scientific Games International, Inc.; Bally Gaming, Inc.; WMS Gaming Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Releases Reel/Frame 034530/0318) |
| Nov 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Scientific Games International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Releases Reel/Frame 034530/0318) |
| Nov 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Bally Gaming, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Releases Reel/Frame 034530/0318) |
| Nov 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | WMS Gaming Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Releases Reel/Frame 034530/0318) |
| Jan 18, 2020 Reel 51641, frame 820 | Bally Gaming, Inc. | SG Gaming, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 21, 2022 Reel 59756, frame 397 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Scientific Games International, Inc.; WMS Gaming Inc.; Bally Gaming, Inc.; Don Best Sports Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Scientific Games International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | WMS Gaming Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Bally Gaming, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Don Best Sports Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 22, 2022 Reel 59793, frame 1 | SG Gaming Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 7, 2023 Reel 62669, frame 341 | SG Gaming, Inc. | LNW Gaming, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 23, 2025 Reel 71340, frame 404 | LNW Gaming, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Jun 2027
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Citations
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