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159 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
47 more in force are now held by other companies
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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 Dec 9 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 9
  • 4 fees due Jan 14 to 28, 2027 · next Jan 14
  • 3 fees due Feb 4 to 18, 2027 · next Feb 4
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  • 1 fee due Jul 19, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Methods, systems, and computer readable media for dynamically and conditionally setting service triggers in a communications network (US 9,241,202) comes due Jul 19, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 19, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Aug 2 to 23, 2027 · next Aug 2
  • 1 fee due Sep 29, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing a virtualized diameter network architecture and for routing traffic to dynamically instantiated diameter resource instances (US 9,298,515) comes due Sep 29, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 29, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 4 fees due Oct 12 to 19, 2027 · next Oct 12
  • 2 fees due Nov 3, 2027

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Recent changes

  • 4 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 7,864,665Methods and Systems for Detecting IP Route Failure and for Dynamically Re-Routing VoIP Sessions in Response to Failure
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,787,445Methods, systems, and computer program products for routing and processing ENUM queries
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,606,202Methods, systems, and computer program products for offloading call control services from a first network of a first type to a second network of a second type
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,929,419Methods, systems, and computer program products for inhibiting message traffic to an unavailable terminating SIP server
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,204,057Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing an enriched messaging service in a communications network
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,933,608Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing presence gateway functionality in a telecommunications network
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,045,983Methods systems, and computer program products for providing internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) services in response to advanced intelligent network (AIN) triggers
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,907,713Methods, systems, and computer program products for using a presence database to deliver enhanced presence information regarding communications made to or from a presentity
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,738,489Methods, systems, and computer program products for using signaling system 7 (SS7) subsystem numbers to route messages to session initiation protocol (SIP) nodes
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,860,799Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing media content delivery audit and verification services
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 159: 47 patents in force now held by others · 16 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 137 ended at full term. List them

Sources and methods

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Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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