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System and Method for Distributed Communication Control Within an Enterprise

US 8,341,535 In force
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Term ends Apr 8, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Mar 10, 2008 as application 12/075,411 · Granted Dec 25, 2012
Base term plus 759 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2030
Clock starts
Mar 10, 2008
Term ends
Apr 8, 2030
Granted
Dec 25, 2012
base term patent term adjustment 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
759
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
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This patent's term runs 759 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

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 Mar 10, 2008, when this application, 12/075,411, was filedMar 10, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+759 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 8, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 8, 2030High confidence

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US 8,787,548In force
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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
Apr 28, 2008
Reel 20870, frame 482
Lyman, Christopher M.Fonality, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 5, 2013
Reel 29759, frame 673
Fonality, Inc.Square 1 BankSecurity Agreement
Jun 28, 2013
Reel 30743, frame 115
Passport Ventures, LLCFonality, Inc.Security Agreement
Feb 18, 2014
Reel 32275, frame 598
Fonality, Inc.Fonality, Inc.Change of Address
Feb 15, 2017
Reel 41264, frame 648
Passport Ventures, LLCFonality, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 21, 2017
Reel 41315, frame 1
Netfortris Corporation; Netfortris Operating Co., Inc.; Netfortris Acquisition Co., Inc.; Fonality, Inc.; Fonality Merger Sub Inc.Gladstone Capital CorporationSecurity Interest
Mar 7, 2017
Reel 41482, frame 414
Pacific Western Bank, as Successor in Interest to Square 1 BankFonality, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 29, 2022
Reel 59541, frame 538
Fonality, Inc.The Toronto- Dominion BankSecurity Agreement
Sep 12, 2022
Reel 61064, frame 473
Fonality, Inc.Sangoma US Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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