Term ends Oct 30, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 26, 2026
Held by Interactive Games LLC
Filed Oct 26, 2006 as application 11/553,130 · Granted Apr 5, 2016
Base term plus 1465 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2030
Clock starts
Oct 26, 2006
Oct 26, 2006
Term ends
Oct 30, 2030
Oct 30, 2030
Granted
Apr 5, 2016
Apr 5, 2016
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
1,465
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.
6
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 1465 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 26, 2006, when this application, 11/553,130, was filed | Oct 26, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1465 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 30, 2030 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 30, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,306,952 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 10,535,221 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 11,527,129 | Term ended no later than Oct 2026 | no later than Oct 2026 |
| US 12,518,592 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
4 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2008 Reel 20622, frame 79 | Alderucci, Dean P.; Burman, Kevin | CFPH, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 10, 2016 Reel 38874, frame 984 | CFPH, LLC | Interactive Games LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 30, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1465 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
100
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 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.