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Canon Inc.

44 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
36 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.
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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 Mar 3 to 29, 2027 · next Mar 3
  • 2 fees due Apr 1 to 17, 2027 · next Apr 1
  • 1 fee due May 28, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Adding of a Secondary Base Station Based on a Backhaul Interface (US 11,832,175) comes due May 28, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 29, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 3 fees due Jun 5 to 17, 2027 · next Jun 5
  • 1 fee due Sep 24, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Multicast Broadcast Service Between Base Stations (US 10,602,485) comes due Sep 24, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 24, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 16, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Small Data Transmission Assistance Information (US 11,963,250) comes due Oct 16, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 17, 2028, it lapses early.

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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 8,008,622Electron Beam Apparatus and Method of Generating an Electron Beam Irradiation Pattern
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,635,851Electron Beam Apparatus and Method of Generating an Electron Beam Irradiation Pattern
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,144,370Mechanical Structure of Articulated Sheath
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,451,128Mobile data processing having secured association with multifunction device
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,261,223System and Method for Fabrication of Miniature Endoscope Using Nanoimprint Lithography
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,401,610Spectrally Encoded Probe with Multiple Diffraction Orders
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,142,963MBMS Configuration between eNBs for V2X Services
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,602,485Multicast Broadcast Service Between Base Stations
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,834,702Determining Broadcast Multicast Service Configuration Parameters in a Wireless Network
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 11,425,687Single Cell Multicast Traffic Channel Scheduling in a Wireless Network
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 44: 36 patents in force now held by others · 53 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 152 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.

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