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55 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
36 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 2 name spellings.

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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
  • 1 fee due Dec 18, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Systems and Methods for Power Line Event Zone Identification (US 10,324,132) comes due Dec 18, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 21, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Jan 21 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 21
  • 1 fee due Mar 29, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Beamsplitter configuration for optical subtraction of self emission with Fourier transform spectrometer in dual input port mode (US 9,146,158) comes due Mar 29, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 29, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jun 24, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Systems and Methods for Identifying Faulted Segments in Multiphase Power Networks (US 10,514,412) comes due Jun 24, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 27, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Nov 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Optimal weighted averaging pre-processing schemes for laser absorption spectroscopy (US 10,641,704) comes due Nov 5, 2027. Unpaid by May 5, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 1 term has ended since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 7,457,675External status asset monitor
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,683,846Gas Chromatograph with Digital Processing of a Thermoconductivity Detector Signal
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,480,055Two-beam interferometer for fourier transform spectroscopy with double pivot scanning mechanism
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,506,533Gas Chromatograph Module with an Electronic Device
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,181,868System, method, apparatus, and computer program product for monitoring the transfer of cargo to and from a transporter
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,584,013Method and apparatus for achieving a fast cross direction caliper control recovery time
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,508,956Systems and Methods for Monitoring and Tracking Movement and Location of Shipping Containers and Vehicles Using a Vision Based System
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,558,031Intelligent automatic bypass for a motor control device
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,621,188Flow meter
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,665,368Flow meter
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 55: 36 patents in force now held by others · 128 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 284 ended at full term. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

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