Method and System for Combining Text and Voice Messages in a Communications Dialogue

US RE49,002 Lapsed on the fee record

Lapsed Sep 16, 2026 on the fee record · Low confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Reissue of US 8,837,689, which was surrendered when this reissue was granted; its term and maintenance fees continue here.

Held by Smartcom Labs Oy

Filed Dec 9, 2016 as application 15/373,500 · Granted Mar 29, 2022

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

Lapsed Sep 16, 2026

2007 2027

Clock starts
Apr 26, 2007

No longer in force
Sep 16, 2026

Granted
Mar 29, 2022

Term would have run to
Apr 26, 2027

base term after the term ends 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.

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 the original patent's grant (Sep 16, 2014). This counts the ones the record shows paid.

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Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Apr 26, 2007, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Dec 9, 2016)	Apr 26, 2027	High confidence
Continuity chain	A reissue: its term follows the original patent's, with the original's term adjustment	follows the original patent	Medium confidence
Patent term adjustment	No term adjustment record on a grant after 2005, so none is added	no change	Medium confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	2 of 3 maintenance fees paid	lapsed Sep 16, 2026	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Sep 16, 2026	Low confidence

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Method and System for Combining Text and Voice Messages in a Communications Dialogue

Lapsed Sep 16, 2026 on the fee record · Low confidence

20-year base term ends Apr 26, 2027

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