Aware, Inc.
13 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.
13
Ending by 2030
Oct 2028
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.
- 1 fee due Dec 25, 2026The maintenance fee for System and method for performing biometric operations in parallel using database and biometric operations plug-ins (US 10,331,910) comes due Dec 25, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 25, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Feb 8 to 15, 2027 · next Feb 8
- 3 fees due Apr 8 to 29, 2027 · next Apr 8
- 2 fees due May 14 to 24, 2027 · next May 14
- 1 fee due Jun 30, 2027The maintenance fee for Relationship detection within biometric match results candidates (US 10,521,478) comes due Jun 30, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 3, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Aug 25, 2027The maintenance fee for Biometric identification and verification (US 10,572,719) comes due Aug 25, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 25, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Sep 24, 2027The maintenance fee for Analysis of reflections of projected light in varying colors, brightness, patterns, and sequences for liveness detection in biometric systems (US 10,599,912) comes due Sep 24, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 24, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
- 1 term has ended 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 7,936,907 | Fingerprint preview quality and segmentation In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,867,797 | Biometric identification and verification In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,948,466 | Biometric identification and verification In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 9,646,197 | Biometric identification and verification In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 9,704,022 | Biometric identification and verification In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 9,953,232 | Biometric identification and verification In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 10,268,878 | Biometric identification and verification In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 10,438,054 | Biometric identification and verification In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 10,572,719 | Biometric identification and verification In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 10,719,694 | Biometric identification and verification In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record |
Also on record, not counted in the 63: 13 patents in force now held by others · 45 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 167 ended at full term · 1 surrendered on reissue. 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.
2 pending · 28 abandoned · 54 no status recorded