Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 3, 2025 (Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch).
Term ends Dec 11, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 11, 2026
Held by IGT
Filed Jul 1, 2014 as application 14/321,219 · Granted Nov 8, 2016
Base term plus 314 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Dec 11, 2006
Dec 11, 2006
Term ends
Dec 11, 2026
Dec 11, 2026
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Nov 8, 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
314
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,235,780, US 8,485,880, US 8,790,173.
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.
4
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 314 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 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 11, 2006, when application 11/609,176, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 1, 2014) | Dec 11, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +314 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 21, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,235,780, US 8,485,880, US 8,790,173) | capped to Dec 11, 2026 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 11, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,235,780 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 8,485,880 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,790,173 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 9,489,806 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2014 Reel 33233, frame 326 | Nicely, Mark C. | IGT | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 3, 2025 Reel 71817, frame 394 | IGT | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 11, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 314 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,235,780, US 8,485,880, US 8,790,173.
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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.