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95 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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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.
  • 1 fee due Nov 28, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Policy-Based Scaling of Computing Resources in a Networked Computing Environment (US 10,304,019) comes due Nov 28, 2026. Unpaid by May 28, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 6 fees due Dec 4 to 27, 2026 · next Dec 4
  • 1 fee due Jan 14, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Electronic Transaction Authentication Based on Sound Proximity (US 9,082,413) comes due Jan 14, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 14, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Feb 4 to 20, 2027 · next Feb 4
  • 1 fee due May 24, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Technique for compressing columns of data (US 9,195,695) comes due May 24, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 24, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Jun 3 to 15, 2027 · next Jun 3
  • 2 fees due Jul 7, 2027
  • 3 fees due Sep 3 to 17, 2027 · next Sep 3
  • 1 fee due Oct 28, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Determining the Identity of Software in Software Containers (US 10,635,406) comes due Oct 28, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 28, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Nov 10, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Managing a Secure Transaction (US 9,336,523) comes due Nov 10, 2027. Unpaid by May 10, 2028, it lapses early.

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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.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 10,592,891Method and System for Performing a Commercial Transaction by Using a Short Message Service Terminal
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,621,569Method and System for Performing a Commercial Transaction by Using a Short Message Service Terminal
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,697,571Real-Time File System Charge-Back Accounting per Management Object During a Report Cycle
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 9,100,502Dual Layer Authentication for Electronic Payment Request in Online Transactions
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,496,604System and Method for Providing And/Or Obtaining Electronic Documents
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,195,695Technique for compressing columns of data
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,615,467Electronic System for Selecting the Best Card from a Collection of Consumer Credit, Debit, and Discount Cards
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,468,093Method and System for Performing a Commercial Transaction by Using a Short Message Service Terminal
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,364,596System and Method for Providing And/Or Obtaining Electronic Documents
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,215,331Dual Layer Authentication for Electronic Payment Request in Online Transactions
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 95: 5 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 1 ended at full term. 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

Every application published under this name has become a patent.

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