Term ends Aug 26, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 30, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Zynga Inc.
Filed Oct 15, 2012 as application 13/651,929 · Granted May 19, 2015
Base term plus 57 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2011
Jun 30, 2011
Term ends
Aug 26, 2031
Aug 26, 2031
Granted
May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015
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
57
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.
8
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 57 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 Jun 30, 2011, when application 13/174,724, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 15, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 30, 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 | +57 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 26, 2031 | 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 26, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,292,743 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 8,287,383 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 9,033,803 | this patent Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 9,669,318 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 10,143,926 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 10,709,984 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| US 11,376,504 | In force no later than Jun 2031 | no later than Jun 2031 |
| US 12,029,985 | In force no later than Jun 2031 | no later than Jun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2018 Reel 49147, frame 546 | Zynga Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Lender | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jan 11, 2019 Reel 47975, frame 212 | Etter, Nathan Arthur; Monahan, Jay; Ocko, Matthew Adam; Reynolds, Brian | Zynga Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 11, 2020 Reel 54701, frame 393 | Bank of America, N.A., as Lender | Zynga Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 14, 2020 Reel 54719, frame 490 | Zynga Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| May 23, 2022 Reel 60163, frame 437 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Zynga Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Aug 2031
Term ends Aug 26, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 57 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
48
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2015 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.