Term ends Jan 3, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 3, 2033
Held by Smart Speaker LLC
Filed Jan 21, 2024 as application 18/418,285 · Granted Dec 24, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jan 3, 2013
Jan 3, 2013
Term ends
Jan 3, 2033
Jan 3, 2033
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Dec 24, 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 11,128,710, US 12,010,174, to Jan 3, 2033. 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.
50
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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 3, 2013, when application 13/733,634, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 21, 2024) | Jan 3, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,128,710, US 12,010,174) | resolves to Jan 3, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 3, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 13/733,634 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/361,434 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,128,710 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 10,868,867 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| Application 15/832,787 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,349,925 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 11,190,590 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 11,375,018 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
8 of 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2024 Reel 66269, frame 73 | Binder, Yehuda; Maytal, Benjamin | May Patents Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 29, 2025 Reel 71256, frame 346 | May Patents Ltd. | Smart Speaker LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 2, 2025 Reel 71490, frame 830 | May Patents Ltd. | Smart Speaker LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Property Number Listed as an Application Number Rather Than a Patent Previously Recorded on Reel 71256 Frame 346. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2033
Term ends Jan 3, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,128,710, US 12,010,174, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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