Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 15, 2020 (Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Mar 6, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 12, 2026
Held by Robert Bosch GmbH
Filed Dec 12, 2006 as application 11/609,697 · Granted Nov 23, 2010
Base term plus 450 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Dec 12, 2006
Dec 12, 2006
Term ends
Mar 6, 2028
Mar 6, 2028
Granted
Nov 23, 2010
Nov 23, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
450
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
2
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 450 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 12, 2006, when this application, 11/609,697, was filed | Dec 12, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +450 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 6, 2028 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 6, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,840,579 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 8,825,694 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2007 Reel 19002, frame 683 | Samuelson, Mark; Meurs, Pim Van; Longe, Michael R. | Tegic Communications Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 20, 2007 Reel 19824, frame 582 | Keshavarzian, Abtin; Venkatraman, Lakshmi; Lal, Dhananjay | Robert Bosch GmbH | Corrected Assignment Document Submission to Correct Spelling of Inventor Names Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame: 018670/0700. |
| Nov 13, 2007 Reel 20107, frame 346 | Keshavarzian, Abtin; Venkatraman, Lakshmi; Lal, Dhananjay | Robert Bosch GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 23, 2014 Reel 32122, frame 269 | Tegic Inc. | Nuance Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 23, 2019 Reel 50836, frame 191 | Nuance Communications, Inc. | Cerence Inc. | Intellectual Property Agreement |
| Oct 29, 2019 Reel 50871, frame 1 | Nuance Communications, Inc. | Cerence Operating Company | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 050836 Frame: 0191. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Intellectual Property Agreement. |
| Nov 7, 2019 Reel 50953, frame 133 | Cerence Operating Company | Barclays Bank PLC | Security Agreement |
| Jun 12, 2020 Reel 52927, frame 335 | Barclays Bank PLC | Cerence Operating Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2020 Reel 52935, frame 584 | Cerence Operating Company | Wells Fargo Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Apr 19, 2022 Reel 59804, frame 186 | Nuance Communications, Inc. | Cerence Operating Company | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Replace the Conveyance Document with the New Assignment Previously Recorded at Reel: 050836 Frame: 0191. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jan 2, 2025 Reel 69797, frame 818 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Cerence Operating Company | Release (REEL 052935 / Frame 0584) |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 6, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 450 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
104
later US patents cite this one
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