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Method for Performing Interactive Services on Mobile Device, Such as Time or Location Initiated Interactive Services

US 9,313,606 In force
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Also listed on Nuance Communications, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Dec 13, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Dec 3, 2013 as application 14/095,931 · Granted Apr 12, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2026
Clock starts
Dec 13, 2006
Term ends
Dec 13, 2026
Granted
Apr 12, 2016
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 13, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/062047, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 3, 2013)Dec 13, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 13, 2026High confidence

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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
Oct 14, 2023
Reel 65238, frame 710
Nuance Communications, Inc.Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 13, 2023
Reel 65552, frame 934
Nuance Communications, Inc.Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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