Term ends Feb 12, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 12, 2029
Filed Jun 26, 2014 as application 14/315,694 · Granted Dec 20, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Feb 12, 2009
Feb 12, 2009
Term ends
Feb 12, 2029
Feb 12, 2029
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
Dec 20, 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.
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.
3
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Feb 12, 2009, when application 12/370,531, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 26, 2014) | Feb 12, 2029 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 12, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,769,558 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,525,902 | this patent Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| Application 15/385,688 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2014 Reel 33187, frame 469 | Navar, Murgesh; Yruski, Andrey; Shafton, Peter; McMullen, George | Volomedia, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 26, 2014 Reel 33187, frame 552 | Volomedia, Inc. | Mustang Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 26, 2014 Reel 33187, frame 631 | 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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What's changing
Feb 2029
Term ends Feb 12, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
53
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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.