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System and Method for Providing Particularized Audible Alerts

US 10,104,226 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Oct 16, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Somatek
Filed Jan 9, 2017 as application 15/402,157 · Granted Oct 16, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 16, 2022
2005 2026
Clock starts
Apr 28, 2005
No longer in force
Oct 16, 2022
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Term would have run to
Apr 28, 2025
base term after the term ends Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,767,953, to Apr 28, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.

How we calculated this date

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 28, 2005, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Jan 9, 2017)Apr 28, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,767,953)resolves to Apr 28, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 1 maintenance fees paidlapsed Oct 16, 2022High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 16, 2022High confidence

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