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231 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026
13 more in force are now held by other companies
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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 2 to 16, 2026 · next Dec 2
  • 4 fees due Jan 7 to 14, 2027 · next Jan 7
  • 1 fee due Feb 28, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Personal Control Apparatus and Method for Sharing Information in a Collaborative Workspace (US 11,743,425) comes due Feb 28, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 30, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Mar 15, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Support structure for an article, method of mounting the support structure, and support bracket (US 9,133,979) comes due Mar 15, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 15, 2027, it lapses early.
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  • 3 fees due Nov 5 to 10, 2027 · next Nov 5

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Recent changes

  • 2 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 17, 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 7,714,881Method and device for visual masking of defects in matrix displays by using characteristics of the human vision system
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US 7,559,673Method and device for shading in a display system
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US 7,618,147Efficient illumination for display systems and in methods for displaying
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US 8,164,598Display assemblies and computer programs and methods for defect compensation
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US RE43,707Methods, apparatus, and devices for noise reduction
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US 8,228,348Method and device for improving spatial and off-axis display standard conformance
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US 9,264,678Network displays and method of their operation
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US D699,241Peripheral device for computers
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US 9,384,710Optical correction for high uniformity panel lights
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US 8,537,144Method and device for avoiding image misinterpretation due to defective pixels in a matrix display
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 · From the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 231: 13 patents in force now held by others · 90 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 51 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.

15 pending · 3 abandoned · 34 no status recorded

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