Lapsed Mar 20, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 19, 2036
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Electronic Arts Inc.
Filed Feb 19, 2016 as application 15/048,958 · Granted Mar 20, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 200 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Mar 20, 2026
2016
2036
Clock starts
Feb 19, 2016
Feb 19, 2016
No longer in force
Mar 20, 2026
Mar 20, 2026
Granted
Mar 20, 2018
Mar 20, 2018
Term would have run to
Sep 6, 2036
Sep 6, 2036
base term
patent term adjustment
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
200
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
Its term would have run to Sep 6, 2036: its 20-year base term plus 200 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 19, 2016, when this application, 15/048,958, was filed | Feb 19, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +200 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 6, 2036 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 20, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 20, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,919,218 | this patent Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 9,901,818 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 10,096,204 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 10,035,068 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 10,134,227 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| US 10,232,271 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 10,183,223 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 10,576,379 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
8 of 10 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2016 Reel 37780, frame 897 | Wakeford, Kent; Huttula, Tomi | Kabam, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 6, 2016 Reel 39268, frame 910 | Kabam, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Mar 2, 2017 Reel 41857, frame 538 | Silicon Valley Bank | Kabam, Inc. | Termination of Intellectual Property Security Agreement, Recorded at Reel/Frame: 039268/0910 |
| Apr 11, 2017 Reel 42211, frame 425 | Kabam, Inc. | Aftershock Services, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2018 Reel 45474, frame 300 | Aftershock Services, Inc. | Electronic Arts Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Note
The 200 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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