Also listed on Fonality, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 2, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 3, 2027
Held by Sangoma US Inc.
Filed May 3, 2007 as application 11/800,302 · Granted Feb 19, 2013
Base term plus 1126 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2030
Clock starts
May 3, 2007
May 3, 2007
Term ends
Jun 2, 2030
Jun 2, 2030
Granted
Feb 19, 2013
Feb 19, 2013
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
1,126
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.
3
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 1126 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 3, 2007, when this application, 11/800,302, was filed | May 3, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1126 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 2, 2030 | 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 | Jun 2, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,379,832 | this patent Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,571,202 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 9,001,993 | In force May 2027 | May 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2007 Reel 19368, frame 819 | Lyman, Christopher M. | Fonality, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 28, 2013 Reel 30743, frame 115 | Passport Ventures, LLC | Fonality, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 18, 2014 Reel 32275, frame 578 | Fonality, Inc. | Fonality, Inc. | Change of Address |
| Mar 11, 2015 Reel 35188, frame 652 | Fonality, Inc. | Fonality, Inc. | Change of Address |
| Mar 17, 2015 Reel 35180, frame 483 | Fonality, Inc. | Square 1 Bank | Security Interest |
| Feb 15, 2017 Reel 41264, frame 648 | Passport Ventures, LLC | Fonality, 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 Corporation | Security Interest |
| Mar 7, 2017 Reel 41482, frame 414 | Pacific Western Bank, as Successor in Interest to Square 1 Bank | Fonality, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2022 Reel 59541, frame 538 | Fonality, Inc. | The Toronto- Dominion Bank | Security 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
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jun 2030
Term ends Jun 2, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1126 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.