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System and method for causing messages to be delivered to users of a distributed voice application execution system

US 11,232,461 Term ended
OverviewSources & methods

Term ended no later than Sep 1, 2026 · From the USPTO record

Named at grant Xtone, Inc. · find this owner
Filed Feb 24, 2020 as application 16/799,033 · Granted Jan 25, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Ended no later than Sep 1, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Sep 1, 2006
Ended no later than
Sep 1, 2026
Granted
Jan 25, 2022
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.

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 filingClock starts Sep 1, 2006, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Feb 24, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Sep 1, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNo term adjustment record on a grant after 2005, so none is addedno changeMedium confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Sep 1, 2026From the USPTO record

Sources

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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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