Term ends Nov 22, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 22, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by IGT
Filed Jan 27, 2016 as application 15/007,956 · Granted Jun 20, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 22, 2006
Nov 22, 2006
Term ends
Nov 22, 2026
Nov 22, 2026
Granted
Jun 20, 2017
Jun 20, 2017
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 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.
20
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 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Nov 22, 2006, when application 11/562,915, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 27, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 22, 2026 | 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 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 22, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,976,384 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US D467,977 | Term ended Dec 2016 | Dec 2016 |
| US 8,328,635 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,007,358 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,266,212 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 8,696,465 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,257,170 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| Application 12/118,700 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 20 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 22, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
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.