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Communication Game System, Game Apparatus, Server, Storage Medium Storing a Program, and Game Control Method

US 9,884,256 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Feb 6, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed May 14, 2015 as application 14/712,189 · Granted Feb 6, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 147 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Lapsed Feb 6, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
May 8, 2006
No longer in force
Feb 6, 2026
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
Term would have run to
May 8, 2026
base term after the term ends 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
147
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,050,536.
1 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.
9
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to May 8, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 147 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 May 8, 2006, when application 11/429,250, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 14, 2015)May 8, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+147 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 2, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,050,536)capped to May 8, 2026High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed Feb 6, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 6, 2026High confidence

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US 8,795,083Lapsed on the fee record
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US 9,050,533In force
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US 8,353,773Term ended
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US 9,050,536Term ended
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US 9,839,850In force
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US 9,731,205Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2025
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US 9,895,614Lapsed on the fee record
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US 9,884,256this patent
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8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

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