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131 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 2 name spellings.

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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.
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  • 1 fee due Mar 1, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Radiator module system for automatic test equipment (US 9,121,898) comes due Mar 1, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 1, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Apr 8, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Optical measuring device (US 10,436,636) comes due Apr 8, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 8, 2027, it lapses early.
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Recent changes

  • 3 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 17, 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 7,472,042Surface profile measuring method
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US 7,626,403Photosensor testing device with built-in light source and tester provided with said device
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US 7,804,589System and method for testing light-emitting devices
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US 7,933,732Electronic load device for power supply product to be tested and method for regulating bandwidth thereof
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US 8,044,678Device for simulating rectified constant impedance load and method thereof
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US 8,599,380Method of constructing light-measuring look-up table, light-measuring method, and light-measuring system
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US 8,222,867Battery charging and discharging apparatus and method
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US 8,638,445Imaging apparatus and method thereof
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US 8,773,655Total luminous flux measurement system and total luminous flux measuring method
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US 9,658,283Radiator module system for automatic test equipment
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Also on record, not counted in the 131: 25 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 7 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.

12 pending · 3 abandoned · 43 no status recorded

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