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140 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
21 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.

Recorded under 2 name spellings.

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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 16, 2026
  • 3 fees due Jan 2 to 28, 2027 · next Jan 2
  • 1 fee due Feb 27, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for laser-marking of anodized aluminum (US 10,391,586) comes due Feb 27, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 27, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Mar 24, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Laser machining method and apparatus (US 10,423,047) comes due Mar 24, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 24, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due May 17, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Optical parametric oscillator pumped by femtosecond thin-disk laser (US 9,188,833) comes due May 17, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 17, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Jun 8 to 19, 2027 · next Jun 8
  • 4 fees due Jul 12 to 26, 2027 · next Jul 12
  • 1 fee due Sep 8, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Intelligent Laser Interlock System (US 9,281,653) comes due Sep 8, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 8, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 21, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Mode Mixing Optical Fibers and Methods and Systems Using the Same (US 10,630,040) comes due Oct 21, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 21, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 3 fees due Nov 3 to 5, 2027 · next Nov 3

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Recent changes

  • 6 terms have ended since Aug 16, 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 7,430,071Adjustable pulse-shaper
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,444,049Pulse Stretcher and Compressor Including a Multi-Pass Bragg Grating
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,916,764Output power control for harmonic-generating laser
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,400,457Rectangular flat-top beam shaper
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,502,404Optical pumping method for gain-media with polarization sensitive absorption
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,755,452Power combiner
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,787,175Pulse Selecting in a Chirped Pulse Amplification System
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,738,515Quasi-CW UV laser with low peak pulse-power
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,605,673Transformer for impedance-matching power output of RF amplifier to gas-laser discharge
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,505,491Frequency-converted high-power laser with recirculating polarization control
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 140: 21 patents in force now held by others · 234 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 322 ended at full term · 1 surrendered on reissue. 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.

7 pending · 26 no status recorded

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