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3 more in force are now held by other companies
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3
Ending by 2030
Feb 2027
Next term end
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Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 1 fee due Dec 13, 2026The maintenance fee for Methods and Apparatus for Detecting a Voice Command (US 11,676,600) comes due Dec 13, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 14, 2027, it lapses early.
- 4 fees due Feb 11 to 25, 2027 · next Feb 11
- 1 fee due Mar 5, 2027The maintenance fee for Automotive Entertainment Applications (US 11,745,095) comes due Mar 5, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 7, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Apr 27 to 29, 2027 · next Apr 27
- 1 fee due May 14, 2027The maintenance fee for Enhanced De-Esser For In-Car Communication Systems (US 11,817,115) comes due May 14, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 15, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Jun 10 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 10
- 1 fee due Jul 14, 2027The maintenance fee for Methods And Apparatus For Selective Microphone Signal Combining (US 10,536,773) comes due Jul 14, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 14, 2028, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Sep 12, 2027
- 3 fees due Oct 2 to 28, 2027 · next Oct 2
- 2 fees due Nov 10 to 12, 2027 · next Nov 10
Recent changes
- 5 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 1 term has ended since Aug 16, 2026
Patents held now
Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 8,938,688 | Contextual Prediction of User Words and User Actions In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 10,636,412 | System and Method for Unit Selection Text-to-Speech Using a Modified Viterbi Approach In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 8,321,222 | Synthesis by Generation and Concatenation of Multi-Form Segments In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,180,069 | Noise Reduction Through Spatial Selectivity and Filtering In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,026,438 | Detecting Barge-In in a Speech Dialogue System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,104,312 | Multimodal Text Input System, Such as for Use with Touch Screens on Mobile Phones In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,171,541 | System and Method for Hybrid Processing in a Natural Language Voice Services Environment In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 11,575,990 | Communication System For Multiple Acoustic Zones In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 11,950,067 | Communication System For Multiple Acoustic Zones In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 10,523,807 | Method For Converting Character Text Messages To Audio Files With Respective Titles Determined Using the Text Message Word Attributes For Their Selection And Reading Aloud With Mobile Devices In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 91: 3 patents in force now held by others · 15 ended at full term. List them
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19 pending · 9 abandoned