Sta Group, LLC

37 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

66 more in force are now held by other companies

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

Ending by 2030

Mar 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, 2026
The maintenance fee for Video Controlled Virtual Talk Groups (US 9,041,797) comes due Nov 26, 2026. Unpaid by May 26, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Feb 18, 2027
The maintenance fee for Method and system for managing virtual talk groups (US 9,112,746) comes due Feb 18, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 18, 2027, it lapses early.

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Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

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 7,869,386	Method and System for Conveying Media Source Location Information In force Term ends Mar 3, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 3, 2027	High confidence
US 7,694,002	System and Method for Dynamically Upgrading / Downgrading a Conference Session In force Term ends May 10, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 10, 2027	High confidence
US 9,112,746	Method and system for managing virtual talk groups In force Term ends Sep 17, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 17, 2027	High confidence
US 8,085,671	Method and System for Providing Interoperable Communications with Congestion Management In force Term ends Mar 22, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 22, 2028	High confidence
US 8,189,460	Method and System for Providing Congestion Management Within a Virtual Talk Group In force Term ends Apr 3, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 3, 2028	High confidence
US 7,751,348	Method and System for Providing a Push-To-Talk Communication Session In force Ends no later than Apr 25, 2028 · Medium confidence	In force	Ends no later than Apr 25, 2028	Medium confidence
US 7,616,936	Push-To-Talk System with Enhanced Noise Reduction In force Term ends May 7, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 7, 2028	High confidence
US 7,831,270	Providing Virtual Talk Group Communication Sessions in Accordance with Endpoint Resources In force Term ends May 26, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 26, 2028	High confidence
US 8,260,338	Method and System for Providing Interoperable Communications with Dynamic Event Area Allocation In force (reinstated) Term ends Aug 1, 2028 · High confidence	In force (reinstated)	Term ends Aug 1, 2028	High confidence
US 8,402,089	Communicating multimedia information to respondent endpoints In force Term ends Aug 7, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 7, 2028	High confidence

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