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Personal Audio Assistant Device and Method

US 8,805,692 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

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

Term ends Jul 9, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Jan 7, 2014 as application 14/148,752 · Granted Aug 12, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Jul 9, 2007
Term ends
Jul 9, 2027
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
base term 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.
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.
22
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 9, 2007, when application 11/774,965, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 7, 2014)Jul 9, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderJul 9, 2027High confidence

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Application 11/774,965Abandoned
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8 of 22 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Jan 14, 2014
Reel 31959, frame 640
Goldstein, Steven W.Personics 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 390
Staton Techiya, LLCST Portfolio Holdings, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 21, 2024
Reel 67803, frame 525
ST Portfolio Holdings, LLCST Casestech, 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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