Also listed on Tapjoy, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 25, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 12, 2031
Held by Unity Technologies SF
Filed May 12, 2011 as application 13/106,051 · Granted Nov 17, 2015
Base term plus 105 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
May 12, 2011
May 12, 2011
Term ends
Aug 25, 2031
Aug 25, 2031
Granted
Nov 17, 2015
Nov 17, 2015
base term
patent term adjustment
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
105
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
This patent's term runs 105 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 May 12, 2011, when this application, 13/106,051, was filed | May 12, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +105 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 25, 2031 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 25, 2031 | High confidence |
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 6, 2015 Reel 36741, frame 198 | Lewis, Benjamin; Linden, Lee; McCarthy, Stephen | Tapjoy, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 1, 2016 Reel 38766, frame 662 | Tapjoy, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Jun 8, 2016 Reel 38841, frame 861 | Tapjoy, Inc. | Orix Ventures, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 1, 2018 Reel 45962, frame 506 | Orix Ventures, LLC | Tapjoy, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 4, 2022 Reel 59486, frame 71 | Silicon Valley Bank | Tapjoy, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2022 Reel 60206, frame 888 | Tapjoy, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Nov 1, 2022 Reel 61835, frame 736 | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Tapjoy, Inc. | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame No. 060206/0888 |
| Oct 24, 2023 Reel 65414, frame 331 | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Tapjoy, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers 1074077,10607245, and 10200442 Which Were Inadvertently Input as Application Numbers Previously Recorded at Reel: 060206 Frame: 0888. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jun 21, 2024 Reel 67806, frame 334 | Tapjoy, Inc. | Unity Technologies SF | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2031
Term ends Aug 25, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 105 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
22
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.