Term ends Jun 13, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 16, 2026
Held by VB Assets, LLC
Filed May 20, 2019 as application 16/416,884 · Granted Jan 11, 2022
Base term plus 240 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Oct 16, 2006
Oct 16, 2006
Term ends
Jun 13, 2027
Jun 13, 2027
Granted
Jan 11, 2022
Jan 11, 2022
base term
patent term adjustment
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
240
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
10
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 240 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is paid so far. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 16, 2006, when application 11/580,926, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 20, 2019) | Oct 16, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +240 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 13, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 13, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,073,681 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2007/081481 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,515,765 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 9,015,049 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 10,297,249 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,755,699 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 11,222,626 | this patent Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 10,515,628 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
8 of 10 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2019 Reel 49233, frame 285 | Baldwin, Larry; Freeman, Tom; Tjalve, Michael; Ebersold, Blane; Weider, Chris | Voicebox Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2019 Reel 49234, frame 669 | Voicebox Technologies, Inc. | Voicebox Technologies Corporation | Merger |
| May 20, 2019 Reel 49233, frame 400 | Voicebox Technologies Corporation | VB Assets, LLC | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Apr 8, 2025 Reel 70767, frame 583 | VB Assets, LLC | Contingency Capital Fund a LP | Security Interest |
| May 13, 2026 Reel 74649, frame 467 | Contingency Capital Fund a LP | VB Assets, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jun 2027
Term ends Jun 13, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 240 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.