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Definiens AG

22 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
6 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 as renamed to AstraZeneca Computational Pathology GmbH (2020)

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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.
  • 1 fee due Dec 23, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Coregistering images of needle biopsies using multiple weighted landmarks (US 9,060,672) comes due Dec 23, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 23, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Feb 13, 2027
    The maintenance fee for System for predicting the recurrence of cancer in a cancer patient (US 10,380,491) comes due Feb 13, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 13, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 3 fees due Apr 8 to 15, 2027 · next Apr 8
  • 2 fees due May 3 to 12, 2027 · next May 3
  • 1 fee due Jul 7, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Tool that analyzes image data and generates and displays a confidence indicator along with a cancer score (US 10,529,453) comes due Jul 7, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 7, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Aug 18, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Identifying and excluding blurred areas of images of stained tissue to improve cancer scoring (US 10,565,479) comes due Aug 18, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 18, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Sep 3, 2027
    The maintenance fee for System for predicting the recurrence of cancer in a cancer patient (US 10,579,935) comes due Sep 3, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 3, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 14, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Image-based patient profiles (US 10,621,307) comes due Oct 14, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 14, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 1 term has 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 8,909,692Computer-implemented system for progressively transmitting knowledge
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 8,319,793Analyzing pixel data by imprinting objects of a computer-implemented network structure into other objects
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 10,262,189Evaluation of Co-Registered Images of Differently Stained Tissue Slices
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 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 9,159,129Generating image-based diagnostic tests by optimizing image analysis and data mining of co-registered images
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 8,711,149Graphical user interface for interpreting the results of image analysis
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 8,699,769Generating artificial hyperspectral images using correlated analysis of co-registered images
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US 9,177,378Updating landmarks to improve coregistration as regions of interest are corrected
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US 8,879,819Gleason grading by segmenting and combining co-registered images of differently stained tissue slices
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 9,060,672Coregistering images of needle biopsies using multiple weighted landmarks
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 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,805,248Applying pixelwise descriptors to a target image that are generated by segmenting objects in other images
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 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 22: 6 patents in force now held by others · 12 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 18 ended at full term. List them

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

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