Lapsed Jun 7, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 9, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Nuance Communications, Inc.
Filed Aug 9, 2006 as application 11/502,030 · Granted Jun 7, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 831 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jun 7, 2023
2006
2028
Clock starts
Aug 9, 2006
Aug 9, 2006
No longer in force
Jun 7, 2023
Jun 7, 2023
Granted
Jun 7, 2011
Jun 7, 2011
Term would have run to
Nov 17, 2028
Nov 17, 2028
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
831
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.
19
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 Nov 17, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 831 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Aug 9, 2006, when this application, 11/502,030, was filed | Aug 9, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +831 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 17, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jun 7, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 7, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,912,498 | Term ended Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| US 7,315,818 | Term ended Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
| US 8,019,324 | Term ended Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 7,957,975 | this patent Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| US 8,775,189 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
| US 7,822,610 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 8,106,742 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,103,509 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
8 of 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2007 Reel 19053, frame 607 | Burns, Stephen S.; Kowitz, Mickey W. | Mobilevoicecontrol, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 17, 2008 Reel 20660, frame 199 | Mobile Voice Control, Inc. | Mobile Voice Control, LLC. | Merger |
| Oct 16, 2012 Reel 29133, frame 805 | Mobile Voice Control LLC | Nuance Communications, Inc. | Merger |
Sources
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Note
The 831 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
288
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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