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66 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 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.
  • 1 fee due Nov 28, 2026
    The maintenance fee for System and method for active balancing/cancellation of magnetic interference in a magnetic sensor (US 10,302,710) comes due Nov 28, 2026. Unpaid by May 28, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Feb 1, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Gas discharge tube having glass seal (US 11,715,631) comes due Feb 1, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 2, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Apr 8, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Electromechanical circuit breaker (US 10,439,196) comes due Apr 8, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 8, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jun 1, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Devices and Methods Related to Flat Gas Discharge Tubes (US 9,202,682) comes due Jun 1, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 1, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Aug 4 to 18, 2027 · next Aug 4
  • 2 fees due Oct 2 to 16, 2027 · next Oct 2

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Recent changes

  • 2 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
  • 2 terms have 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.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 7,576,962Transient blocking apparatus with reset
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US 9,697,934Conductive polymer electronic devices with surface mountable configuration and methods for manufacturing same
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US 7,452,224Clockspring sensor with locking clip and centering mechanism
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US 7,768,761Surge protection device
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US 7,932,673Gas discharge tube
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US 9,552,909Conductive polymer electronic devices with surface mountable configuration and methods for manufacturing same
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US 8,542,086Conductive polymer electronic devices with surface mountable configuration and methods for manufacturing same
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US 8,300,373Voltage triggered transient blocking unit
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US 8,169,763Transient blocking unit having an enhancement mode device in the primary current path
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US 8,223,467Transient blocking unit using normally-off device to detect current trip threshold
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Also on record, not counted in the 66: 29 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 119 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.

7 pending · 2 abandoned · 16 no status recorded

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