Lapsed Mar 31, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 1, 2027
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Nuance Communications, Inc.
Filed Oct 1, 2007 as application 11/865,694 · Granted Mar 31, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 961 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Mar 31, 2023
2007
2030
Clock starts
Oct 1, 2007
Oct 1, 2007
No longer in force
Mar 31, 2023
Mar 31, 2023
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Mar 31, 2015
Term would have run to
May 19, 2030
May 19, 2030
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
961
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
44
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 May 19, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 961 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 Oct 1, 2007, when this application, 11/865,694, was filed | Oct 1, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +961 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 19, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 31, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 31, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,880,405 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| US 8,996,379 | this patent Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| Application 11/865,697 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/866,675 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/866,704 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/866,725 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/866,755 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/866,777 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2008 Reel 20536, frame 475 | Cerra, Joseph P.; Kishchenko, Roman V.; Nguyen, John N.; Phillips, Michael S.; Shu, Han | Mobeus Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 13, 2008 Reel 20647, frame 359 | Cerra, Joseph P.; Kishchenko, Roman V.; Nguyen, John N.; Phillips, Michael S.; Shu, Han | Vlingo Corporation | Change of Name |
| Jun 10, 2009 Reel 22804, frame 610 | Vlingo Corporation | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Feb 5, 2010 Reel 23937, frame 363 | Silicon Valley Bank | Vlingo Corporation | Release |
| Dec 12, 2011 Reel 27362, frame 898 | Vlingo Corporation | Research in Motion Limited | Security Agreement |
| Sep 27, 2019 Reel 50509, frame 308 | Research in Motion Limited | Nuance Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Citations
210
later US patents cite this one
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