Also listed on Snapin Software Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 16, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 13, 2026
Filed Mar 12, 2007 as application 11/685,108 · Granted Jul 13, 2010
Base term plus 704 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Dec 13, 2006
Dec 13, 2006
Term ends
Nov 16, 2028
Nov 16, 2028
Granted
Jul 13, 2010
Jul 13, 2010
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
704
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
4
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 runs 704 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Dec 13, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/062047, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 12, 2007) | Dec 13, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +704 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 16, 2028 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 16, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2006/062047 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,756,545 | this patent Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 8,600,429 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 9,313,606 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2007 Reel 19329, frame 380 | Roundtree, Brian | Snapin Software Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 2, 2011 Reel 25885, frame 295 | Snapin Software, Inc. | Nuance Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 12, 2023 Reel 65222, frame 516 | Nuance Communications, Inc. | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 13, 2023 Reel 65552, frame 934 | Nuance Communications, Inc. | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2028
Term ends Nov 16, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 704 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
37
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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.