System and Method for Avoiding Hold Times on a Telephone Call

US 9,036,802 In force

Overview Sources & methods

Term ends Jun 20, 2027 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by AT&T Corp.

Filed Jul 7, 2014 as application 14/325,092 · Granted May 19, 2015

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Jun 20, 2027

2007 2027

Clock starts
Jun 20, 2007

Term ends
Jun 20, 2027

Granted
May 19, 2015

base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 8,774,387, to Jun 20, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.

2 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.

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 Jun 20, 2007, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Jul 7, 2014)	Jun 20, 2027	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	None on file	no change	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,774,387)	resolves to Jun 20, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	2 of 3 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Jun 20, 2027	High confidence

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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

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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.

System and Method for Avoiding Hold Times on a Telephone Call

Term ends Jun 20, 2027 · High confidence

20-year base term ends Jun 20, 2027

How we calculated this date

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