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Soundthinking, Inc.

21 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 2 name spellings.

Previously recorded as Shotspotter, Inc. (to 2026)

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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 27, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Systems and Methods Involving Creation and/or Utilization of Image Mosaics in Classification of Acoustic Events (US 11,688,037) comes due Dec 27, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 28, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Mar 24, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Systems and Methods Involving Creation And/Or Utilization of Image Mosaic in Classification of Acoustic Events (US 10,424,048) comes due Mar 24, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 24, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jul 19, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Systems and Methods Associated with Detection of Indoor Gunfire (US 9,240,114) comes due Jul 19, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 19, 2028, it lapses early.

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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.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 7,474,589Acoustic Location of Gunshots Using Combined Angle of Arrival and Time of Arrival Measurements
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US 8,351,297Systems and Methods of Automated Correlation of Weapon Fire Data with Monitored Persons-Of-Interest Data
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 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,796,470Acoustic Detection of Weapons Near Transportation Centers
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 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,961,550Systems and Methods of Processing Impulses Including Bullet Pulses And/Or Muzzle Pulses in Association with Time Domain Representations
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 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,855,935Weapon Fire Location Systems and Methods Involving Mobile Device And/Or Other Features
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 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,369,184Systems and Methods with Improved Three-Dimensional Source Location Processing Including Constraint of Location Solutions to a Two-Dimensional Plane
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 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,348,010Acoustic Survey Methods in Weapons Location System
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 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,325,562Acoustic Survey Methods in Weapons Location Systems
In force (reinstated)
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In force (reinstated)High confidence
US 8,325,563Systems and Methods of Locating Weapon Fire Incidents Using Measurements/Data from Acoustic, Optical, Seismic, And/Or Other Sensors
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In forceHigh confidence
US 8,949,164Event Forecasting System
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 21: 1 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 18 ended at full term. List them

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