Also listed on Nuance Communications, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 18, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 9, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Feb 11, 2014 as application 14/177,769 · Granted Mar 22, 2016
Base term plus 101 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Aug 9, 2006
Aug 9, 2006
Term ends
Nov 18, 2026
Nov 18, 2026
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Mar 22, 2016
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
101
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 101 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 application 11/502,030, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 11, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 9, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +101 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 18, 2026 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 18, 2026 | Medium 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2023 Reel 65533, frame 389 | Nuance Communications, Inc. | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 18, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 101 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
199
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 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.