93 patents currently held

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

1 more record may belong here and awaits a decision; it is not counted.

The next term ends in Sep 2029. from the record

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notable patents fee due within 90 days all others 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

Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Notable

Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Graphical User Interface US D845,342

The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 834 later US patents, top 1% of design patents granted in 2019 in our data. Protection runs to 2034.

Ends Apr 2034 · High confidence Also notable

Audiovisual Collaboration Method with Latency Management for Wide-Area Broadcast US 11,032,602

Cited by 28 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data. Protection runs to 2038.

Ends Aug 2038 · High confidence Also notable

Audiovisual Capture and Sharing Framework with Coordinated User-Selectable Audio and Video Effects Filters US 9,459,768

Cited by 68 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2034.

Ends Jan 2034 · High confidence

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.

2 fees due Nov 14 to 19, 2026 · next Nov 14
3 fees due Dec 6 to 20, 2026 · next Dec 6
4 fees due Jan 2 to 14, 2027 · next Jan 2
1 fee due Feb 27, 2027
The maintenance fee for Coordinating and Mixing Vocals Captured from Geographically Distributed Performers (US 10,395,666) comes due Feb 27, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 27, 2027, it lapses early.
3 fees due Mar 12 to 29, 2027 · next Mar 12
1 fee due Apr 29, 2027
The maintenance fee for Crowd-Sourced Technique for Pitch Track Generation (US 10,460,711) comes due Apr 29, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 29, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due May 3, 2027
The maintenance fee for Audiovisual Sampling for Percussion-Type Instrument with Crowd-Sourced Content Sourcing and Distribution (US 9,176,610) comes due May 3, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 3, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jun 19, 2027
The maintenance fee for User-Generated Templates for Segmented Multimedia Performance (US 11,848,032) comes due Jun 19, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 20, 2027, it lapses early.
3 fees due Aug 13 to 18, 2027 · next Aug 13
2 fees due Sep 10 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 10
2 fees due Oct 26 to 30, 2027 · next Oct 26

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2 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 20 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Continuous Score-Coded Pitch Correction	26 in force	to Aug 2038
Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Animated Graphical User Interface (2016)	15 in force	to Jan 2034
Automatic Conversion of Speech into Song, Rap or Other Audible Expression Having Target Meter or Rhythm	9 in force	to Jul 2034
Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Animated Graphical User Interface (2017)	9 in force	to Apr 2034
Template-Based Excerpting and Rendering of Multimedia Performance	6 in force	to Aug 2039

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 9,083,451	System and Method for Communication Between Mobile Devices Using Digital/Acoustic Techniques In force Term ends Sep 3, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 3, 2029	High confidence
US 9,596,036	System and Method for Communication Between Mobile Devices Using Digital/Acoustic Techniques In force Term ends Sep 3, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 3, 2029	High confidence
US 9,754,572	Continuous Score-Coded Pitch Correction In force Term ends Sep 4, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 4, 2030	High confidence
US 9,866,731	Coordinating and Mixing Audiovisual Content Captured from Geographically Distributed Performers In force Term ends Sep 4, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 4, 2030	High confidence
US 10,229,662	Social Music System and Method with Continuous, Real-Time Pitch Correction of Vocal Performance and Dry Vocal Capture for Subsequent Re-Rendering Based on Selectively Applicable Vocal Effect(S) Schedule(S) In force Term ends Sep 4, 2030 · Low confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 4, 2030	Low confidence
US 10,395,666	Coordinating and Mixing Vocals Captured from Geographically Distributed Performers In force Term ends Sep 4, 2030 · Low confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 4, 2030	Low confidence
US 10,565,972	Audiovisual Media Application Platform with Wireless Handheld Audiovisual Input In force Term ends Sep 4, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 4, 2030	High confidence
US 10,587,780	Coordinating and Mixing Audiovisual Content Captured from Geographically Distributed Performers In force Term ends Sep 4, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 4, 2030	High confidence
US 10,672,375	Continuous Score-Coded Pitch Correction In force Term ends Sep 4, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 4, 2030	High confidence
US 10,685,634	Continuous Pitch-Corrected Vocal Capture Device Cooperative with Content Server for Backing Track Mix In force Term ends Sep 4, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 4, 2030	High confidence

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Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built

Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.

Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.

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