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75 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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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.
  • 2 fees due Dec 11 to 20, 2026 · next Dec 11
  • 2 fees due Mar 19, 2027
  • 2 fees due Apr 17, 2027
  • 1 fee due Jun 24, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Heading measurement compensation for GNSS navigation (US 10,512,204) comes due Jun 24, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 27, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jul 23, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Agricultural vacuum and electrical generator devices, systems, and methods (US 11,877,530) comes due Jul 23, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 24, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Sep 24, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Transformer (modifier) design for controlling articulated vehicles smoothly (US 10,599,151) comes due Sep 24, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 24, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 8 of the patents on this record were granted 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 8,352,131Drainage plow control and method of controlling an elevation of a cutting edge of a drainage plow
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US 8,307,771Row clutch device for planting implement
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US 8,234,988Seed dispenser control
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US 8,090,507Pitch plow and method of controlling an elevation of a cutting edge of a pitch plow
In force
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US 8,875,641Agricultural implement pass marker system
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US 8,380,356Seeder downforce section control
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US 8,810,406Method for traceability of grain harvest crop
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US 8,781,693Method for automatic location identification of electronic devices on agricultural implements
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US 9,043,096Combine bin level monitoring system
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US 9,801,329On-the go soil sensors and control methods for agricultural machines
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Also on record, not counted in the 75: 3 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 4 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.

30 pending · 2 abandoned · 26 no status recorded

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