Term ends Dec 22, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 22, 2031
Held by Activision Publishing, Inc.
Filed Sep 30, 2015 as application 14/871,684 · Granted Jul 5, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Dec 22, 2011
Dec 22, 2011
Term ends
Dec 22, 2031
Dec 22, 2031
Granted
Jul 5, 2016
Jul 5, 2016
base term
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,894,462, to Dec 22, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Dec 22, 2011, when application 13/335,737, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 30, 2015) | Dec 22, 2031 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,894,462) | resolves to Dec 22, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Dec 22, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,894,462 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 10,086,264 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,289,691 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,381,439 | this patent Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,393,492 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,403,096 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,474,961 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2015 Reel 36708, frame 462 | Leyland, Robert; Huang, I-wei | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2015 Reel 37065, frame 66 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Oct 17, 2016 Reel 40381, frame 487 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Activision Blizzard Inc.; Activision Publishing, Inc.; Activision Entertainment Holdings, Inc.; Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 17, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Activision Blizzard Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 17, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 17, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Activision Entertainment Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 17, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2031
Term ends Dec 22, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,894,462, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.