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18 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 May 28, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Simple object application protocol web service applications (US 11,829,732) comes due May 28, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 29, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jul 2, 2027
    The maintenance fee for System and method of vehicle speed estimation using moving camera and time series neural network (US 11,861,853) comes due Jul 2, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 3, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Sep 12, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and apparatus of authenticating documents having embedded landmarks (US 11,928,847) comes due Sep 12, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 13, 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 8,327,580Germination/growing apparatus and plant cultivation device
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 8,342,905Optical disk restoration method and apparatus
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 9,488,342Underwater lighting device and underwater electronic device
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,939,623Completely Automated Multi-Shelf Seedling Growing System
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 11,829,732Simple object application protocol web service applications
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 11,928,847Method and apparatus of authenticating documents having embedded landmarks
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 12,499,142Method and apparatus with Arabic information extraction and semantic search
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 12,149,635Method and apparatus of digital identity claims verification using NFC-enabled and HCE-enabled smart devices
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 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 11,861,853System and method of vehicle speed estimation using moving camera and time series neural network
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 12,411,856Method and apparatus for identifying similar data elements using string matching
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 18: 5 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 14 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

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.

3 pending · 5 abandoned · 13 no status recorded

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