90 patents currently held

29 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.

1 more record may belong here and awaits a decision; it is not counted.

The next term ends in Feb 2027. from the record

Of the 29 now held by other companies, 23 name Datalogic USA Inc. as their current owner, and 6 more name another party. Each row says which.

Free plan: 3 watched companies. Pro: unlimited.

Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.

Ending by 2030

Feb 2027

Next term end

Patent families

When these terms end

5 yrs10 yrs20 yrs

Held patents by the year their term ends

20262027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 203720382039204020412042204320442045

notable patents fee due within 90 days 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. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Notable

Image-Based Code Reader for Acquisition of Multiple Views of an Object and Methods for Employing Same US 8,322,621

Cited by 60 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2029.

Ends Feb 2029 · High confidence Also notable

Systems and Methods for Weigh Scale Perimeter Monitoring for Scanner-Scales US 8,561,902

Cited by 50 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2030. A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved, so no cap is applied and the date may move earlier, never later.

Ends no later than Nov 2030 · Medium confidence Also notable

System and Method for Data Reading with Low Profile Arrangement US 8,430,318

Cited by 41 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2031.

Ends Mar 2031 · High confidence

Formerly held, still cited

Notable

Imaging Systems and Methods for Tracking Objects US 10,936,881

Cited by 86 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data. Protection runs to 2036.

merged into Datalogic USA, Inc.

Ends Sep 2036 · High confidence

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 Nov 28, 2026
The maintenance fee for Item Image Stitching from Multiple Line-Scan Images for Barcode Scanning Systems (US 10,304,201) comes due Nov 28, 2026. Unpaid by May 28, 2027, it lapses early.
4 fees due Dec 9 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 9
2 fees due Jan 14 to 21, 2027 · next Jan 14
3 fees due Mar 1 to 22, 2027 · next Mar 1
1 fee due Apr 6, 2027
The maintenance fee for System and Method for Preventing Cashier and Customer Fraud at Retail Checkout (US 9,152,828) comes due Apr 6, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 6, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jun 22, 2027
The maintenance fee for Data Reader Platter with Integral Features Delineating a Data-Reading Sweep Region (US 9,218,516) comes due Jun 22, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 22, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jul 19, 2027
The maintenance fee for Object Recognition for Exception Handling in Automatic Machine-Readable Symbol Reader Systems (US 9,239,943) comes due Jul 19, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 19, 2028, it lapses early.
1 fee due Aug 23, 2027
The maintenance fee for System and Method for Aiming and Calibrating a Data Reader (US 9,268,979) comes due Aug 23, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 23, 2028, it lapses early.
1 fee due Sep 29, 2027
The maintenance fee for Systems and Methods for Configuring, Updating, and Booting an Alternate Operating System on a Portable Data Reader (US 9,298,479) comes due Sep 29, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 29, 2028, it lapses early.
2 fees due Oct 5 to 28, 2027 · next Oct 5

Which patents, and when each one lapses · Pro

Recent changes

2 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 72 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Systems and Methods for Weigh Scale Perimeter Monitoring for Scanner-Scales	3 in force	to May 2031
Image-Based Code Reader for Acquisition of Multiple Views of an Object and Methods for Employing Same	3 in force	to Dec 2030
Data Reader for Checkout Station	3 in force	to Oct 2029
Self Checkout with Visual Recognition	3 in force	to Jan 2029
System and Method for Label Physical Location Based Stitching and Label Item Correlation for Imaging Barcode Scanners	2 in force	to Dec 2035

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US D676,446	Weigh Platter or Cover for a Data Reader In force Term ends Feb 19, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 19, 2027	High confidence
US D677,258	Handheld Data Reader In force Term ends Mar 5, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 5, 2027	High confidence
US 8,724,188	Imaging Scanner with Multiple Image Fields In force Term ends Jun 19, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 19, 2027	High confidence
US D684,975	Tunnel Scanner In force Term ends Jun 25, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 25, 2027	High confidence
US D692,892	Handheld Data Reader In force Term ends Nov 5, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 5, 2027	High confidence
US 8,181,876	Methods and Systems for Forming Images of Moving Optical Codes In force Term ends Nov 19, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 19, 2027	High confidence
US 7,646,887	Optical Flow for Object Recognition In force Term ends Dec 21, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 21, 2027	High confidence
US 8,286,877	System and Method for Data Reading Using Raster Scanning In force Term ends Feb 15, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 15, 2028	High confidence
US 7,920,062	Shopping Cart In force Ends no later than Mar 7, 2028 · Medium confidence	In force	Ends no later than Mar 7, 2028	Medium confidence
US 9,064,161	System and method for detecting generic items in image sequence In force Term ends Apr 6, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 6, 2028	High confidence

10 of 90 patents shown.

Pro members see all 90.

Pro members: see all 90 patents

Also on record, not counted in the 90: 29 patents in force now held by others · 21 patents ended · 1 application pending · 8 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.

Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

Export every term end as CSV · Pro

Datalogic ADC, Inc.