Term ends Jul 24, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 4, 2027
Filed Dec 4, 2007 as application 11/999,334 · Granted Jan 24, 2012
Base term plus 963 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2030
Clock starts
Dec 4, 2007
Dec 4, 2007
Term ends
Jul 24, 2030
Jul 24, 2030
Granted
Jan 24, 2012
Jan 24, 2012
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
963
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.
19
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 963 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 4, 2007, when this application, 11/999,334, was filed | Dec 4, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +963 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 24, 2030 | 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 | Jul 24, 2030 | 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 | Lapsed on the fee record 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 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2008 Reel 21213, frame 728 | Burns, Stephen S.; Kowitz, Mickey W. | Mobile Voice Control, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 10, 2008 Reel 21218, frame 807 | Mobile Voice Control, Inc. | Mobile Voice Control, LLC. | Merger |
| Oct 16, 2012 Reel 29133, frame 805 | Mobile Voice Control LLC | Nuance Communications, Inc. | Merger |
| Nov 13, 2023 Reel 65552, frame 934 | Nuance Communications, Inc. | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jul 2030
Term ends Jul 24, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 963 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
234
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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