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System and Method for Call Management

US 12,047,858 In force
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ends Jul 8, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Apr 25, 2023 as application 18/139,233 · Granted Jul 23, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Jul 8, 2015
Term ends
Jul 8, 2035
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
base term 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,659,375, to Jul 8, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
8
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 8, 2015, when application 14/794,780, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 25, 2023)Jul 8, 2035High 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 11,659,375)resolves to Jul 8, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 8, 2035High confidence

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Application 17/448,610Abandoned
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US 11,659,375In force
Jul 2035
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US 12,047,858this patent
Jul 2035
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Application 18/780,464Pending
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The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

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