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Aurad GmbH

19 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 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 16 to 20, 2026 · next Dec 16
  • 3 fees due Apr 8 to 29, 2027 · next Apr 8
  • 1 fee due Jun 24, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Confocal Microscope Having a Positionable Imaging Head Mounted on a Boom Stand (US 10,514,532) comes due Jun 24, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 27, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jul 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Tissue Specimen Stage for an Optical Sectioning Microscope (US 9,229,210) comes due Jul 5, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 5, 2028, 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 10,555,674Confocal Scanning Microscope Having Optical and Scanning Systems Which Provide a Handheld Imaging Head
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 12,053,261Handheld Confocal Scanning Optical Microscope Systems Having Oscillating Mirrors with Varying Scan Angle to Zoom
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,864,996System for Macroscopic and Confocal Imaging of Tissue
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,260,401Non-invasive in-vivo imaging of mechanoreceptors in skin using confocal microscopy
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,055,867Confocal scanning microscope having optical and scanning systems which provide a handheld imaging head
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,229,210Tissue Specimen Stage for an Optical Sectioning Microscope
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US D843,429Confocal Microscope
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US D859,486Confocal Microscope
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US D862,552Housing for Microscopic and Macroscopic Imagers with Hinged Cover
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,709,791Systems and methods for imaging tissue
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 19: 1 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 16 ended at full term. List them

Sources and methods

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Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
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