Systems and Methods for Recommending Games to Anonymous Players Using Distributed Storage

US 9,558,625 In force

Overview Sources & methods

Term ends Feb 2, 2033 · Medium confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by IGT Canada Solutions ULC

Filed Jul 12, 2013 as application 13/941,109 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

Base term plus 44 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Feb 2, 2033

2012 2033

Clock starts
Dec 20, 2012

Term ends
Feb 2, 2033

Granted
Jan 31, 2017

base term patent term adjustment 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

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

No effect

Terminal disclaimer

Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,295,908, to Feb 2, 2033. 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.

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 20, 2012, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Jul 12, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)	Dec 20, 2032	High confidence
Continuity chain	A parent in the chain could not be resolved	dated from this application's own claim	Medium confidence
Patent term adjustment	+44 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Feb 2, 2033	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,295,908)	resolves to Feb 2, 2033, 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	Feb 2, 2033	Medium confidence

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

Not on this page: the patent's family, its recorded assignments and its citation count. USPTO's assignment records, linked above, list every recorded assignment.

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.

Systems and Methods for Recommending Games to Anonymous Players Using Distributed Storage

Term ends Feb 2, 2033 · Medium confidence

20-year base term ends Dec 20, 2032

How we calculated this date

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