Datacolor, Inc.
4 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.
3
Ending by 2030
Jul 2029
Next term end
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
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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 Jan 7 to 9, 2027 · next Jan 7
- 2 fees due Feb 22 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 22
- 2 fees due Apr 3 to 15, 2027 · next Apr 3
- 1 fee due May 17, 2027The maintenance fee for System and method for compensating for second order diffraction in spectrometer measurements (US 9,188,486) comes due May 17, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 17, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Jun 1 to 10, 2027 · next Jun 1
- 2 fees due Aug 6 to 18, 2027 · next Aug 6
- 3 fees due Sep 5 to 22, 2027 · next Sep 5
- 1 fee due Nov 5, 2027The maintenance fee for Multi-agent training of a color identification neural network (US 10,643,099) comes due Nov 5, 2027. Unpaid by May 5, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
- 1 of the patents on this record was granted 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.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,971,454 | Beaker type dyeing machine In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,108,169 | Method and apparatus for matching translucent coatings of absorbent substrates In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,130,377 | Spectrophotometer system with modular 45/0 head In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 9,076,068 | Method and apparatus for evaluating color in an image In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,532,371 | Method and apparatus for evaluating color in an image In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,717,567 | Method and apparatus for calibrating a color measurement device In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,395,638 | Method and apparatus for calibrating a display-coupled color measuring device In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,581,986 | Method and apparatus for measuring the focus performance of a camera and lens combination In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,736,841 | Method and apparatus for aligning and validating the measurements of color measurement instruments In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 9,423,346 | System and method for haze measurement In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record |
Also on record, not counted in the 45: 4 patents in force now held by others · 11 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 3 ended at full term. List them
Sources and methods
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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.
1 pending · 7 no status recorded