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Methods and Systems for Processing and Managing Telephonic Communications

US 8,687,794 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 19, 2018 (Pacific Western Bank).

Term ends Nov 24, 2032 · High confidence

Held by Invoca, Inc.
Filed Sep 2, 2009 as application 12/552,905 · Granted Apr 1, 2014
Base term plus 1179 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2032
Clock starts
Sep 2, 2009
Term ends
Nov 24, 2032
Granted
Apr 1, 2014
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
1,179
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.
13
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 1179 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 2, 2009, when this application, 12/552,905, was filedSep 2, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1179 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 24, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 24, 2032High confidence

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8 of 13 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
Dec 10, 2009
Reel 23637, frame 165
Spievak, Jason S.; Duva, Robert J.; Kelley, Colin D.Ringrevenue, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 26, 2013
Reel 31730, frame 367
Ringrevenue, Inc.Invoca, Inc.Change of Name
Sep 18, 2018
Reel 46903, frame 583
Invoca, Inc.Orix Growth Capital, LLCSecurity Interest
Sep 19, 2018
Reel 46909, frame 908
Invoca, Inc.Pacific Western BankSecurity Interest
Oct 21, 2021
Reel 57884, frame 947
Invoca, Inc.Orix Growth Capital, LLCReaffirmation of and Supplement to Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Jan 28, 2022
Reel 58892, frame 404
Invoca, Inc.Orix Growth Capital, LLCReaffirmation of and Supplement to Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Jan 24, 2023
Reel 62463, frame 390
Orix Growth Capital, LLCInvoca, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 14, 2026
Reel 75975, frame 126
Invoca, Inc.Banc of CaliforniaSecurity Interest

Sources

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