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Feb 2027
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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 Nov 26, 2026The maintenance fee for Spatial Audio Encoding and Reproduction of Diffuse Sound (US 9,042,565) comes due Nov 26, 2026. Unpaid by May 26, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Dec 4 to 25, 2026 · next Dec 4
- 2 fees due Jan 21 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 21
- 3 fees due Feb 6 to 25, 2027 · next Feb 6
- 3 fees due Mar 3 to 26, 2027 · next Mar 3
- 5 fees due Apr 6 to 22, 2027 · next Apr 6
- 1 fee due May 24, 2027The maintenance fee for Object-Based Audio System Using Vector Base Amplitude Panning (US 9,197,979) comes due May 24, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 24, 2027, it lapses early.
- 4 fees due Jul 5 to 12, 2027 · next Jul 5
- 8 fees due Aug 2 to 25, 2027 · next Aug 2
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- 2 fees due Nov 3 to 10, 2027 · next Nov 3
Recent changes
- 2 terms have 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 7,548,853 | Scalable Compressed Audio Bit Stream and Codec Using a Hierarchical Filterbank and Multichannel Joint Coding In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,606,716 | Systems and Methods for Multi-Dialog Surround Audio In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,593,535 | Neural Network Filtering Techniques for Compensating Linear and Non-Linear Distortion of an Audio Transducer In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,668,723 | Scalable Lossless Audio Codec and Authoring Tool In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,564,979 | Listener Specific Audio Reproduction System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,509,464 | Multi-Channel Audio Enhancement System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,720,240 | Audio Signal Processing In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,764,802 | Frequency-Warped Audio Equalizer In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,232,312 | Multi-Channel Audio Enhancement System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,232,319 | Systems and Methods for Audio Processing In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 146: 8 patents in force now held by others · 39 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 60 ended at full term · 1 past the fee grace period. List them
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