Term ended Oct 25, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 25, 2026
Filed Nov 26, 2013 as application 14/091,327 · Granted Jun 14, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Oct 25, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 25, 2006
Oct 25, 2006
Term ended
Oct 25, 2026
Oct 25, 2026
Granted
Jun 14, 2016
Jun 14, 2016
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 25, 2006, when application 11/586,989, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 26, 2013) | Oct 25, 2026 | 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 25, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,676,900 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 9,367,862 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 10,410,248 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2014 Reel 33459, frame 19 | Yruski, Andrey; Navar, Murgesh; Markovetski, Roman | Podbridge, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2014 Reel 33471, frame 42 | Podbridge, Inc. | Volomedia, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 4, 2014 Reel 33459, frame 50 | Volomedia, Inc. | Mustang Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2014 Reel 33459, frame 52 | Mustang Holdings LLC | Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 5, 2016 Reel 38626, frame 637 | Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC | Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC | Change of Name |
| Mar 30, 2020 Reel 53323, frame 567 | Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC | Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC | Merger |
Sources
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Citations
51
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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