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System and Method for Associating Audio Clips with Objects

US 8,280,014 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Oct 2, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Nov 29, 2006 as application 11/606,566 · Granted Oct 2, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1440 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Oct 2, 2024
2006 2030
Clock starts
Nov 29, 2006
No longer in force
Oct 2, 2024
Granted
Oct 2, 2012
Term would have run to
Nov 8, 2030
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
1,440
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
6
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Its term would have run to Nov 8, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 1440 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 29, 2006, when this application, 11/606,566, was filedNov 29, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1440 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 8, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Oct 2, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 2, 2024High confidence

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US 9,088,667In force
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US 10,033,876Lapsed on the fee record
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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
Nov 29, 2006
Reel 18660, frame 493
Bowerman, Jarold; Mancini, DavidVoicecaptionit, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 13, 2014
Reel 32878, frame 589
Voicecaptionit, Inc.Texas Technology Ventures 2, LLPAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 27, 2020
Reel 54180, frame 831
Texas Technology Ventures 2, LLPQuest Patent Research CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 11, 2021
Reel 54876, frame 8
Quest Patent Research CorporationAudio Messaging Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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