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33 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026

2 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 3 name spellings.

Ending by 2030

Jan 2028

Next term end

When these terms end

5 yrs10 yrs20 yrs

Held patents by the year their term ends

20262027202820292030203120322033203420352036203720382039204020412042204320442045

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 Dec 13, 2026
The maintenance fee for Data output apparatus and method, and computer-readable recording medium (US 11,675,562) comes due Dec 13, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 14, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Feb 18, 2027
The maintenance fee for Antibacterial coating for an implant and method for producing said coating (US 9,107,981) comes due Feb 18, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 18, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Mar 1, 2027
The maintenance fee for Method of manufacturing a functionalized implant, and functionalized implant (US 9,119,687) comes due Mar 1, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 1, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Apr 8, 2027
The maintenance fee for Electronic display device and information display method of same (US 10,438,523) comes due Apr 8, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 8, 2027, it lapses early.
2 fees due Oct 2 to 9, 2027 · next Oct 2
1 fee due Nov 12, 2027
The maintenance fee for Data output apparatus and method, and computer-readable recording medium (US 10,649,714) comes due Nov 12, 2027. Unpaid by May 12, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

2 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.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,648,417	Game system based on selection of final two contestants In force Term ends Jan 17, 2028 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jan 17, 2028	From the USPTO record
US 8,828,552	Method for producing an anti-infective coating on implants In force Term ends Jul 15, 2030 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jul 15, 2030	From the USPTO record
US 8,911,817	Method and device for coating catheters or balloon catheters In force Term ends Feb 10, 2031 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Feb 10, 2031	From the USPTO record
US 9,107,981	Antibacterial coating for an implant and method for producing said coating In force Term ends Nov 28, 2031 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Nov 28, 2031	From the USPTO record
US D815,631	Mobile computing device for the vision impaired In force Term ends Apr 17, 2033 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Apr 17, 2033	From the USPTO record
US 9,119,687	Method of manufacturing a functionalized implant, and functionalized implant In force Term ends Mar 7, 2034 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Mar 7, 2034	From the USPTO record
US 10,217,389	Electronic display device and information display method of same In force Term ends Nov 4, 2036 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Nov 4, 2036	From the USPTO record
US 10,438,523	Electronic display device and information display method of same In force Ends no later than Nov 4, 2036 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Nov 4, 2036	From the USPTO record
US 10,679,532	Electronic display device and information display method of same In force Ends no later than Nov 4, 2036 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Nov 4, 2036	From the USPTO record
US 10,971,041	Electronic display device and information display method of same In force Ends no later than Nov 4, 2036 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Nov 4, 2036	From the USPTO record

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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.

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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.

4 pending · 1 abandoned · 8 no status recorded

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