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Method for Automatically Preferring a Diacritical Version of a Linguistic Element on a Handheld Electronic Device Based on Linguistic Source and Associated Apparatus

US 8,358,225 Term ended
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Also listed on Research in Motion Limited, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ended Nov 10, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Apr 18, 2012 as application 13/450,053 · Granted Jan 22, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Nov 10, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Nov 10, 2006
Term ended
Nov 10, 2026
Granted
Jan 22, 2013
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,035,534, US 8,184,022, to Nov 10, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 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. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 10, 2006, when application 11/558,542, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 18, 2012)Nov 10, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,035,534, US 8,184,022)resolves to Nov 10, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 10, 2026High confidence

This family

US 8,035,534In force
Aug 2028
Aug 2028
US 8,184,022Term ended
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
US 8,358,225this patent
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
US 9,275,045In force
Jan 2027
Jan 2027
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
Apr 19, 2012
Reel 28077, frame 680
Scott, Sherryl Lee LorraineResearch in Motion LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 14, 2014
Reel 33987, frame 576
Research in Motion LimitedBlackBerry LimitedChange of Name
Jun 16, 2023
Reel 64104, frame 103
BlackBerry LimitedMalikie Innovations LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 19, 2023
Reel 64269, frame 1
BlackBerry LimitedMalikie Innovations LimitedNunc Pro Tunc Assignment

Sources

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

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