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Cac, LLC

First filing 2002
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3 patents currently held

29 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.

The next term ends in Nov 2036. from the record

Of the 29 now held by other companies, 27 name ABL IP Holding LLC as their current owner, and 2 more name another party. Each row says which.

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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
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Ending by 2030
Nov 2036
Next term end
3
Patent families

When these terms end

Held patents by the year their term ends
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notable patents all others Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Formerly held, still cited

Notable
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 167 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data. Protection runs to 2032.
Ends May 2032 · High confidence
Also notable
Cited by 24 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data. Protection runs to 2037.
Ends Mar 2037 · High confidence
Also notable
Cited by 53 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2028.
Ends Mar 2028 · Medium confidence

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 Apr 22, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Computer Device, Method, and Apparatus for Scheduling Business Flow (US 10,453,010) comes due Apr 22, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 22, 2027, it lapses early.

Which patents, and when each one lapses · Pro

Recent changes

  • 2 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

What they patent

The 1 largest of its 3 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Showing 1 to 3 of 3

PatentTitleStatusExpiresConfidence
US 10,453,010Computer Device, Method, and Apparatus for Scheduling Business Flow
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,150,741Method for Preparing Azoxystrobin Intermediates
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,189,793Method for Preparing Azoxystrobin
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
Also on record, not counted in the 3: 29 patents in force now held by others · 10 patents ended · 1 application pending · 9 applications abandoned. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
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