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System and Method for Dynamically Adjusting Prizes or Awards Based on a Platform

US 9,721,431 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 2, 2018 (Bank of Montreal).

Term ends Jun 27, 2033 · High confidence

Held by Kabam, Inc.
Filed Aug 1, 2016 as application 15/224,899 · Granted Aug 1, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Jun 27, 2013
Term ends
Jun 27, 2033
Granted
Aug 1, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,403,093, to Jun 27, 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.
9
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 27, 2013, when application 13/929,677, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 1, 2016)Jun 27, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,403,093)resolves to Jun 27, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 27, 2033High confidence

This family

US 9,403,093In force
Jan 2034
Jan 2034
Application PCT/US2014/044297PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,721,431this patent
Jun 2033
Jun 2033
US 9,959,705In force
Jun 2033
Jun 2033
US 10,127,769In force
Jun 2033
Jun 2033
US 10,629,029In force
Jun 2033
Jun 2033
US 11,308,759In force
Jun 2033
Jun 2033
US 11,847,887In force
Jun 2033
Jun 2033
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 1, 2016
Reel 39308, frame 34
Harrington, Clifford J.; Wakeford, KentKabam, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 2, 2018
Reel 45813, frame 153
Kabam, Inc.Bank of MontrealSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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

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