Term ends May 15, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 15, 2032
Held by Playstudios US, Inc.
Filed Dec 31, 2013 as application 14/144,581 · Granted Mar 22, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
May 15, 2012
May 15, 2012
Term ends
May 15, 2032
May 15, 2032
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Mar 22, 2022
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
18
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. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 15, 2012, when application 13/472,454, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 31, 2013) | May 15, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 15, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,992,319 | In force (reinstated) Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| Application 13/472,454 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,366,566 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 9,427,661 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,319,373 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 11,282,336 | this patent May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 10,163,303 | In force (reinstated) Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 10,068,426 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2016 Reel 40478, frame 844 | Playstudios, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Oct 25, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Playstudios, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Oct 25, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Playstudios, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Dec 10, 2019 Reel 51237, frame 697 | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Playstudios, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 30, 2020 Reel 52256, frame 66 | Playstudios, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Jul 6, 2021 Reel 56760, frame 960 | Playstudios US, Inc. | Playstudios US, LLC | Merger |
| Jul 6, 2021 Reel 56769, frame 34 | Silicon Valley Bank | Playstudios US, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 7, 2021 Reel 56783, frame 722 | Playstudios, Inc. | Playstudios US, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 8, 2021 Reel 56795, frame 717 | Playstudios US LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Mar 15, 2022 Reel 59274, frame 573 | Kerr, Monty; Mathews, Paul; Pascal, Andrew | Playstudios, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 8, 2026 Reel 75208, frame 46 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Playstudios US LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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May 2032
Term ends May 15, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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