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Method and Device for Voice Operated Control

US 8,611,560 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Staton Techiya, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Aug 20, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Apr 14, 2008 as application 12/102,555 · Granted Dec 17, 2013
Base term plus 1223 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2031
Clock starts
Apr 14, 2008
Term ends
Aug 20, 2031
Granted
Dec 17, 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
1,223
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.
15
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 1223 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 14, 2008, when this application, 12/102,555, was filedApr 14, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1223 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 20, 2031High 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 orderAug 20, 2031High confidence

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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
Jul 7, 2008
Reel 21197, frame 765
Goldstein, Steven Wayne; Usher, John; Boillot, Marc AndrePersonics Holdings Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 28, 2011
Reel 25714, frame 590
Goldstein, Steven Wayne; Usher, John; Boillot, Marc AndrePersonics Holdings Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 19, 2013
Reel 30249, frame 78
Personics Holdings, Inc.Staton Family Investments, Ltd.Security Agreement
Dec 2, 2013
Reel 31696, frame 20
Goldstein, Steve; Usher, John; Boillot, MarcPersonics Holdings, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 8, 2014
Reel 32189, frame 304
Personics Holdings, Inc.Personics Holdings, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 5, 2014
Reel 34170, frame 933
Personics Holdings, LLCDM Staton Family Limited Partnership (as Assignee of Maria B. Staton)Security Interest
Jun 26, 2017
Reel 42992, frame 493
Personics Holdings, Inc.; Personics Holdings, LLCDM Station Family Limited Partnership, Assignee of Staton Family Investments, Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 26, 2017
Reel 42992, frame 524
DM Station Family Limited Partnership, Assignee of Staton Family Investments, Ltd.Staton Techiya, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 1, 2017
Reel 43392, frame 961
Personics Holdings, Inc.; Personics Holdings, LLCDM Staton Family Limited Partnership, Assignee of Staton Family Investments, Ltd.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 042992 Frame: 0493. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Aug 1, 2017
Reel 43393, frame 1
DM Staton Family Limited Partnership, Assignee of Staton Family Investments, Ltd.Staton Techiya, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name Previously Recorded on Reel 042992 Frame 0524. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of the Entire Interest and Good Will.
Jun 21, 2024
Reel 67803, frame 308
Staton Techiya, LLCST Portfolio Holdings, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 21, 2024
Reel 67803, frame 398
ST Portfolio Holdings, LLCST CASE1TECH, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 9, 2026
Reel 75533, frame 472
ST CASE1TECH, LLC; ST Casestech, LLC; ST Famtech, LLC; ST R&DTECH, LLC; ST Tiptech, LLC; ST Sealtech, LLC; ST Biotech, LLC; ST Eartech, LLC; ST Detecttech, LLC; ST Vrtech, LLC; ST Awaretech, LLC; CASES2TECH, LLCST Portfolio Holdings, LLCMerger

Sources

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