1,553 patents currently held
50 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.
15 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.
The next term ends in Jan 2027. from the record
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Ending by 2030
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Next term end
1,438
Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
fee due within 90 days
all others
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
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Dec 2039 · Medium confidence
Also notable
Ends Jun 2032 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Aug 2029 · High confidence
Electronic Device
US 11,550,368
Cited by 8 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2039. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.
Lumber Retrieval Method with Selective Crown Orientation
US 10,239,224
Cited by 17 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, and renewed at 2 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2032.
Display Screen with Graphical User Interface
US D735,750
Cited by 34 later US patents, top 25% of design patents granted in 2015 in our data. Protection runs to 2029.
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.
- 11 fees due Nov 14 to 30, 2026 · next Nov 14
- 20 fees due Dec 2 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 2
- 42 fees due Jan 4 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 4
- 20 fees due Feb 4 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 4
- 27 fees due Mar 1 to 29, 2027 · next Mar 1
- 31 fees due Apr 1 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 1
- 19 fees due May 3 to 28, 2027 · next May 3
- 36 fees due Jun 1 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 1
- 22 fees due Jul 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 2
- 29 fees due Aug 2 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 2
- 20 fees due Sep 5 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 5
- 44 fees due Oct 2 to 28, 2027 · next Oct 2
- 12 fees due Nov 3 to 12, 2027 · next Nov 3
Recent changes
- Oct 8Assignment recorded on 3 patents: Acer Inc. to Mitek Holdings, Inc. Recorded Oct 8, 2026, executed Apr 28, 2026. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76664, frame 525.
- 48 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 22 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 1,438 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Multimedia Processing Circuit and Electronic System | 5 in force | to Feb 2039 |
| Thermal Dissipation Module | 5 in force | to Dec 2036 |
| Electronic Device with Object Guiding Function and an Object Guiding Method Thereof | 4 in force | to May 2032 |
| Automatic Efficient Small Model Selection for Monocular Depth Estimation | 3 in force | to Apr 2044 |
| Keyboard Device with Display Panel | 3 in force | to Feb 2042 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US D673,559 | Notebook Computer In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D673,951 | Handheld Electronic Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D674,342 | Power Supply In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,739,389 | Providing Web Services from a Service Environment with a Gateway In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,755,976 | Time Control System and Method for Projector In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D678,875 | Tablet Computer In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D678,930 | Projector In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D679,740 | Projector In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,412,467 | System and Method for Operation Mode Control in a Computer System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D680,117 | Docking Station for Tablet Computer In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 1,553: 50 patents in force now held by others · 208 patents ended · 141 applications pending · 581 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.