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Method, System, and Apparatus for Enabling Players to Earn Tangible Rewards on a Social Game

US 11,282,336 In force
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Term ends May 15, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Dec 31, 2013 as application 14/144,581 · Granted Mar 22, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
May 15, 2012
Term ends
May 15, 2032
Granted
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.
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Maintenance fees paid
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock 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, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 15, 2032High confidence

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US 8,992,319In force (reinstated)
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Application 13/472,454Abandoned
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US 10,366,566In force
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US 9,427,661In force
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US 9,319,373In force
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US 11,282,336this patent
May 2032
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US 10,163,303In force (reinstated)
Mar 2034
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US 10,068,426In force
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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
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 BankSecurity Interest
Jul 6, 2021
Reel 56760, frame 960
Playstudios US, Inc.Playstudios US, LLCMerger
Jul 6, 2021
Reel 56769, frame 34
Silicon Valley BankPlaystudios US, LLCRelease 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 LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Mar 15, 2022
Reel 59274, frame 573
Kerr, Monty; Mathews, Paul; Pascal, AndrewPlaystudios, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 8, 2026
Reel 75208, frame 46
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Playstudios US LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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