Term ends Mar 5, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 30, 2026
Filed May 13, 2014 as application 14/276,896 · Granted Jan 24, 2017
Base term plus 248 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2006
Jun 30, 2006
Term ends
Mar 5, 2027
Mar 5, 2027
Granted
Jan 24, 2017
Jan 24, 2017
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
248
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 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 248 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Jun 30, 2006, when application 11/479,829, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 13, 2014) | Jun 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +248 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 5, 2027 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 5, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,142,289 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 8,734,258 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 9,550,112 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application 15/414,583 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2014 Reel 32882, frame 935 | Gutmann, Robert | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 13, 2014 Reel 32882, frame 938 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC | Merger |
| 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
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 5, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 248 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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
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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.