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40 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 6 name spellings.

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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.
  • 1 fee due Nov 26, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Apparatus and method for simultaneous plural-view image sequences from a single image sensor (US 9,041,898) comes due Nov 26, 2026. Unpaid by May 26, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Dec 18, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Compact laser cavity (US 10,326,249) comes due Dec 18, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 21, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Apr 8 to 17, 2027 · next Apr 8
  • 1 fee due May 12, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Continuous wave laser detection and ranging (US 10,473,786) comes due May 12, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 12, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jun 29, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Polarization scraping method and system for unidirectional rotational mode selection within a laser cavity (US 9,225,143) comes due Jun 29, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 29, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Electrooptical sensor technology with actively controllable optics, for imaging (US 9,304,305) comes due Oct 5, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 5, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 1 of the patents on this record was 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 8,958,057Camera-Style Lidar Setup
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 7,973,703Method and apparatus for creating and processing universal radar waveforms
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,800,529Method and apparatus for creating and processing universal radar waveforms
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,624,117Liquid Ejecting Apparatus and Signal Transmission Channel
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,830,442Compact economical lidar system
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,304,305Electrooptical sensor technology with actively controllable optics, for imaging
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,752,969Method of operating a fast scanning mirror
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,946,606Determining angular rate for line-of-sight to a moving object, with a body-fixed imaging sensor
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,593,338Creating and processing universal radar waveforms
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,473,262Self-cleaning submerged instrumentation
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 40: 15 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 22 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.

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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.

1 pending · 1 abandoned · 7 no status recorded

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