Lapsed Sep 11, 2024 on the fee record · Low confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 10, 2022
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by IGT
Filed Aug 21, 2007 as application 11/842,147 · Granted Sep 11, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1385 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 11, 2024
2002
2026
Clock starts
Apr 10, 2002
Apr 10, 2002
No longer in force
Sep 11, 2024
Sep 11, 2024
Granted
Sep 11, 2012
Sep 11, 2012
Term would have run to
Jan 24, 2026
Jan 24, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,385
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
20
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 Jan 24, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 1385 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Low. 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 Apr 10, 2002, when application 10/120,635, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 21, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 10, 2022 | 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 | +1385 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 24, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 11, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 11, 2024 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 7,976,384 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US D467,977 | Term ended Dec 2016 | Dec 2016 |
| US 8,328,635 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,007,358 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,266,212 | this patent Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 8,696,465 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,257,170 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| Application 12/118,700 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2007 Reel 19770, frame 501 | Brunet De Courssou, Thierry | Cyberview Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 27, 2010 Reel 25204, frame 141 | Cyberview Technology, Inc. | Mudalla Technology, Inc. C/O Thoits, Love Hershberger & McLean | Change of Name |
| Jan 17, 2012 Reel 27546, frame 720 | Mudalla Technology, Inc. | IGT | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 1385 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Sep 11, 2024. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
22
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 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.