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Method for Voice Calling, Method for Voice Playing and Devices Thereof

US 10,057,424 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Aug 21, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Xiaomi Inc.
Filed Sep 17, 2014 as application 14/385,819 · Granted Aug 21, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Aug 21, 2026
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jul 24, 2014
No longer in force
Aug 21, 2026
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Term would have run to
Jul 24, 2034
base term after the term ends fee events 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
45
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Jul 24, 2034: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 24, 2014, when application PCT/CN2014/082916, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 17, 2014)Jul 24, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Aug 21, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 21, 2026High confidence

This family

US 9,910,558In force
May 2034
May 2034
US 9,344,882In force
Dec 2033
Dec 2033
US 8,880,121In force
Jul 2033
Jul 2033
US 10,057,424this patent
Aug 2026
Aug 2026
US 9,389,593In force
Jul 2033
Jul 2033
US 9,591,256In force
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
Application 14/586,023Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,521,251In force
Nov 2034
Nov 2034
8 of 45 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 26, 2015
Reel 35915, frame 116
Wu, Ming; Zhan, Yuan; Ji, Dongfang; Wang, Bin; Zheng, ZhiguangXiaomi Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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