Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
3 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.
16
Ending by 2030
Nov 2026
Next term end
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
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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.
- 3 fees due Nov 21 to 26, 2026 · next Nov 21
- 2 fees due Dec 4 to 20, 2026 · next Dec 4
- 2 fees due Jan 11 to 14, 2027 · next Jan 11
- 1 fee due Feb 13, 2027The maintenance fee for Multi-Channel Parallel Optical Receiving Device (US 10,379,301) comes due Feb 13, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 13, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Mar 17, 2027
- 3 fees due Apr 13 to 27, 2027 · next Apr 13
- 3 fees due May 5 to 17, 2027 · next May 5
- 5 fees due Jun 15 to 29, 2027 · next Jun 15
- 4 fees due Jul 2 to 23, 2027 · next Jul 2
- 2 fees due Sep 3 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 3
- 3 fees due Oct 5 to 28, 2027 · next Oct 5
Recent changes
- 6 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.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,583,719 | Complex-Coupled Distributed Feedback Semiconductor Laser In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,573,923 | Laser Drive Circuit and Method Providing High Limit Clipping Corresponding to Low Limit Clipping in a Laser In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,542,503 | Distributed Feedback Laser with Improved Optical Field Uniformity and Mode Stability In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,718,489 | Distortion Compensation Circuit Including One or More Phase Invertible Distortion Paths In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,165,475 | Systems and Methods for Reducing Clipping in Multichannel Modulated Optical Systems In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,787,772 | Laser Package Including Semiconductor Laser and Memory Device for Storing Laser Parameters In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,766,686 | Pluggable Form Factor Release Mechanism In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,045,164 | Position Finding System and Method for Use in Aligning Laser Device with an Optical Fiber In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,925,170 | Predistortion Circuit Including Distortion Generator Diodes with Adjustable Diode Bias In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,978,985 | Clipping Correction System and Method for Correcting Clipped Signals in a Receiver In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 147: 3 patents in force now held by others · 9 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 34 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.
5 pending · 20 abandoned · 3 no status recorded