3,524 patents currently held
479 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.
11 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.
The next term ends in Dec 2026. from the record
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3,083
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 Feb 2036 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Nov 2033 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Aug 2036 · Medium confidence
Methods and Apparatus for Providing Secure Identification, Payment Processing and/or Signing Using a Gesture-Based Input Device
US 9,965,761
Cited by 47 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2036.
Memory System with Region-Specific Memory Access Scheduling
US 10,956,044
Cited by 42 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data. Protection runs to 2033.
Controlling Access to Pages in a Memory in a Computing Device
US 10,241,931
Cited by 32 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, and renewed at 2 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2036.
Formerly held, still cited
Notable
Ends Feb 2029 · High confidence
Cited by 455 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2029.
now held by GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
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.
- 12 fees due Nov 14 to 30, 2026 · next Nov 14
- 65 fees due Dec 2 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 2
- 52 fees due Jan 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 2
- 62 fees due Feb 1 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 1
- 57 fees due Mar 1 to 29, 2027 · next Mar 1
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- 50 fees due May 3 to 28, 2027 · next May 3
- 65 fees due Jun 1 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 1
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- 56 fees due Aug 2 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 2
- 71 fees due Sep 1 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 1
- 64 fees due Oct 2 to 30, 2027 · next Oct 2
- 20 fees due Nov 3 to 12, 2027 · next Nov 3
Recent changes
- 97 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 47 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 3,083 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Methods and Apparatus for Recognition of Start and/or Stop Portions of a Gesture Using an Auxiliary Sensor | 6 in force | to Jun 2037 |
| Hybrid Render with Deferred Primitive Batch Binning | 6 in force | to Mar 2034 |
| System and Method for Application Migration Between Docking Station and Dockable Device | 5 in force | to May 2036 |
| Region-Based Image Compression | 5 in force | to Jun 2033 |
| Computer Architecture with Disaggregated Memory and High-Bandwidth Communication Interconnects | 4 in force | to Jun 2043 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,534,732 | Semiconductor Devices with Copper Interconnects and Composite Silicon Nitride Capping Layers In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,414,289 | Soi Device with Charging Protection and Methods of Making Same In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,596,803 | Method and System for Generating Access Policies In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,838,359 | Technique for Forming Contact Insulation Layers and Silicide Regions with Different Characteristics In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,640,399 | Mostly Exclusive Shared Cache Management Policies In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,649,200 | System and Method of Detecting Ic Die Cracks In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,502,914 | Transitive Suppression of Instruction Replay In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,719,598 | Power Ok Distribution for Multi-Voltage Chips In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,457,374 | DC Offset Cancellation for WLAN Communication Devices In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,048,724 | Semiconductor Switching Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 3,524: 479 patents in force now held by others · 3,149 patents ended · 805 applications pending · 1,037 applications abandoned · 5 records of undetermined status. 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.