Term ends May 16, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 2, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Filed Nov 10, 2014 as application 14/537,654 · Granted Oct 3, 2017
Base term plus 103 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Feb 2, 2011
Feb 2, 2011
Term ends
May 16, 2031
May 16, 2031
Granted
Oct 3, 2017
Oct 3, 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
103
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 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.
10
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 103 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 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 Feb 2, 2011, when applications 13/019,924 and 13/019,928, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Nov 10, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 2, 2031 | 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 | +103 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 16, 2031 | 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 | May 16, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,961,305 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 8,317,615 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 8,913,009 | In force no later than Jul 2032 | no later than Jul 2032 |
| US 8,814,686 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 9,776,083 | this patent May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 10,449,444 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 11,173,392 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 11,745,097 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
8 of 10 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
May 2031
Term ends May 16, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 103 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
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.