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Buffalo Inc.

86 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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Jan 2027
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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 20 to 23, 2026 · next Dec 20
  • 2 fees due Jan 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 2
  • 1 fee due Mar 3, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Semiconductor Device Including Plural Semiconductor Chips (US 10,403,605) comes due Mar 3, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 3, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jun 29, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Information processing apparatus (US 9,223,695) comes due Jun 29, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 29, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jul 7, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Storage Device, Information Processing System, Method of Activating Storage Device and Program (US 10,528,360) comes due Jul 7, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 7, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Sep 15 to 29, 2027 · next Sep 15
  • 2 fees due Oct 9 to 21, 2027 · next Oct 9

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Recent changes

Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

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 7,522,729Encryption key setting system, access point, encryption key setting method, and authentication code setting system
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US 7,529,219System and method for establishing a wireless LAN communication
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US 8,161,148Communication device and method for setting the communication setting required to establish communication
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US D678,258Wireless network device
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US 7,742,602Cipher key setting system, access point, wireless LAN terminal, and cipher key setting method
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US 8,205,073Access point, terminal, encryption key configuration system, encryption key configuration method, and program
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US 8,451,810Wireless LAN system, a terminal and a recording medium readable by a computer
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US 8,230,241Storage power supply system, storage device, and control thereof
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US 7,848,095Structure of mounting electronic device into housing
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US 7,961,459Electronic device
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Also on record, not counted in the 86: 35 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 25 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.

5 pending · 3 abandoned · 149 no status recorded

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