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System and Method for Audio Enhancement of a Consumer Electronics Device

US 9,386,386 In force
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Also listed on Actiwave AB, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jan 21, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Jul 8, 2014 as application 14/370,994 · Granted Jul 5, 2016
Base term plus 12 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Jan 9, 2013
Term ends
Jan 21, 2033
Granted
Jul 5, 2016
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
12
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
37
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 12 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 9, 2013, when application PCT/US2013/020734, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 8, 2014)Jan 9, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+12 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 21, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 21, 2033High confidence

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Application 61/539,025Provisional application
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Application 61/584,473Provisional application
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Application 61/584,462Provisional application
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Application 61/584,855Provisional application
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Application PCT/US2012/057223PCT application
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Application PCT/US2013/020740PCT application
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Application PCT/US2013/020734PCT application
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Application PCT/US2013/020739PCT application
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8 of 37 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
Jul 8, 2014
Reel 33257, frame 71
Risberg, Pär Gunnars; Kjerstadius, Richard; Toth, LandyActiwave ABAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 8, 2016
Reel 39111, frame 509
Actiwave ABCirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 8, 2019
Reel 49111, frame 925
Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.Cirrus Logic, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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