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22 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
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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 Mar 3, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method of rendering a document secure (US 10,404,886) comes due Mar 3, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 3, 2027, it lapses early.

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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 8,498,022Process and device for securing documents by generating a dot distribution causing an unpredictable variation in geometric characteristic of printed dots unanticipated in printing
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,638,476Method and device for marking and method for identifying a document using unique imprint derived from unique marking variations characterized using frequency analysis
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,913,299Document securization method and a document securization device using printing a distribution of dots on said document
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,125,697Authentication of a laser shot in a holographic matrix
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,471,880Method and device for marking a surface using controlled periodic nanostructures
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 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,345,315Method and device for making documents secure using unique imprint derived from unique marking variations
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 8,727,222Method and device for authenticating geometrical codes
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 8,448,865Method and device for geometric code authentication
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,593,696Document securization method and device printing a distribution of dots on said document
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,915,424Sheet, Method and Device for Manufacturing a Sheet and Method and Device for Identifying a Sheet
In force
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Also on record, not counted in the 22: 5 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 2 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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