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Band-limited Beamforming Microphone Array

US 10,397,697 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Feb 27, 2034 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Mar 5, 2016 as application 15/062,064 · Granted Aug 27, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Feb 27, 2014
Term ends
Feb 27, 2034
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
15
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 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 27, 2014, when application 14/191,511, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 5, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Feb 27, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium 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 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 27, 2034Medium confidence

This family

Application 14/191,511Abandoned
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US 9,294,839In force
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US 9,813,806In force
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US 10,397,697this patent
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US 10,728,653In force
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Application 15/864,889Abandoned
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US 11,240,598In force
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US 11,601,749In force
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8 of 15 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 16, 2023
Reel 62384, frame 551
Lambert, David K.; Ericksen, Russell S.; Graham, DerekClearone Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2025
Reel 73144, frame 390
Clearone Holding, LLCBiamp Systems, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 18, 2025
Reel 73179, frame 609
Clearone, Inc.Clearone Holding, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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