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Method and Apparatus for Automatically Building Conversational Systems

US 8,175,230 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 19, 2014 (Orix Ventures, LLC).

Term ended no later than Jul 9, 2024 · Medium confidence

Filed Dec 22, 2009 as application 12/644,393 · Granted May 8, 2012
Base term plus 203 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Ended no later than Jul 9, 2024
2003 2026
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2003
Ended no later than
Jul 9, 2024
Granted
May 8, 2012
base term patent term adjustment 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
203
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
4
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 203 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: Medium. 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 Dec 19, 2003, when application 10/742,466, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 22, 2009)Dec 19, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+203 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 9, 2024High 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 events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Jul 9, 2024Medium confidence

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US 7,660,400In force
no later than Dec 2026
no later than Dec 2026
US 8,175,230this patent
no later than Jul 2024
no later than Jul 2024
US 8,462,917Term ended
no later than Dec 2023
no later than Dec 2023
US 8,718,242Term ended
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 10, 2014
Reel 34454, frame 611
Bangalore, Srinivas; Feng, Junlan; Rahim, MazinAT&T Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 11, 2014
Reel 34481, frame 192
AT&T Corp.AT&T Properties, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 11, 2014
Reel 34481, frame 326
AT&T Properties, LLCAT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 11, 2014
Reel 34482, frame 414
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.AT&T Alex Holdings, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 16, 2014
Reel 34642, frame 640
AT&T Alex Holdings, LLCInteractions LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 19, 2014
Reel 34677, frame 768
Interactions LLCOrix Ventures, LLCSecurity Interest
Jun 23, 2015
Reel 36009, frame 349
Interactions LLCAres Venture Finance, L.p.Security Interest
Jul 13, 2015
Reel 36100, frame 925
Interactions LLCSilicon Valley BankFirst Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Nov 17, 2015
Reel 37134, frame 712
Interactions LLCAres Venture Finance, L.p.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Change Patent 7146987 to 7149687 Previously Recorded on Reel 036009 Frame 0349. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Nov 17, 2017
Reel 44481, frame 34
Ares Venture Finance, L.p.Bearcub Acquisitions LLCAssignment of IP Security Agreement
Jun 5, 2019
Reel 49388, frame 82
Interactions LLCSilicon Valley BankIntellectual Property Security Agreement
May 18, 2020
Reel 52693, frame 866
Bearcub Acquisitions LLCAres Venture Finance, L.p.Release of Security Interest
May 23, 2022
Reel 61749, frame 825
Orix Growth Capital, LLCInteractions Corporation; Interactions LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
May 23, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Orix Growth Capital, LLCInteractions CorporationTermination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
May 23, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Orix Growth Capital, LLCInteractions LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Jun 27, 2022
Reel 60445, frame 733
Interactions LLC; Interactions CorporationRunway Growth Finance Corp.Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Jun 30, 2022
Reel 60558, frame 474
Silicon Valley BankInteractions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at Reel/Frame: 049388/0082
Jul 1, 2022
Reel 60559, frame 576
Silicon Valley BankInteractions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at Reel/Frame: 036100/0925
Feb 1, 2023
Reel 62919, frame 63
Interactions LLC; Interactions CorporationRunway Growth Finance Corp.Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Application Number Previously Recorded at Reel: 060445 Frame: 0733. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Sep 4, 2025
Reel 72802, frame 931
Runway Growth Finance Corp., as AgentInteractions Corporation; Interactions LLCRelease of Security Interest
Sep 4, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Runway Growth Finance Corp., as AgentInteractions CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Sep 4, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Runway Growth Finance Corp., as AgentInteractions LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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