1 patent currently held
209 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 Oct 2031. from the record
Of the 209 now held by other companies, 177 name Open Text Inc. as their current owner, and 32 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
Oct 2031
Next term end
1
Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
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
Only 1 of the currently held patents qualifies as notable.
Formerly held, still cited
Notable
Ends Jul 2029 · High confidence
Cited by 351 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2029.
now held by Open Text Inc.
Also notable
Ends Nov 2028 · High confidence
Cited by 125 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2028.
now held by Open Text Inc.
Also notable
Ends Nov 2036 · High confidence
Cited by 36 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data. Protection runs to 2036. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.
now held by Open Text Inc.
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 Jan 7, 2027The maintenance fee for Injection Moulding Plastic Components with a Slit (US 9,073,248) comes due Jan 7, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 7, 2027, it lapses early.
Recent changes
- 5 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 5 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
Grouped by real patent family, largest first, labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Injection Moulding Plastic Components with a Slit | 1 in force | to Oct 2031 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
Showing 1 to 1 of 1
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 9,073,248 | Injection Moulding Plastic Components with a Slit In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 1: 209 patents in force now held by others · 37 patents ended · 16 applications pending · 2 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.
14 terminal disclaimers are on file with no resolved reference. No cap is applied and none is guessed
9 computed term dates come from a chain with an unresolved parent. A continuity parent has not yet been fetched from USPTO's records. The term is dated from this application's own claim; no earlier date is assumed until the parent is resolved.