Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG

72 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 11 name spellings.

Ending by 2030

Dec 2026

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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 Dec 11, 2026
The maintenance fee for Device access by means of a generic communication driver (US 10,320,584) comes due Dec 11, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 11, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jan 7, 2027
The maintenance fee for Method for monitoring a process automation technology network (US 9,077,620) comes due Jan 7, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 7, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jun 19, 2027
The maintenance fee for Aggregator apparatus for standardized access to a plurality of network segments of a field bus system (US 11,848,796) comes due Jun 19, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 20, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jul 9, 2027
The maintenance fee for Method for reducing a volume of data to be transmitted from a field device (US 11,868,120) comes due Jul 9, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 10, 2028, it lapses early.
3 fees due Aug 2 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 2
3 fees due Sep 1 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 1
1 fee due Oct 30, 2027
The maintenance fee for Field detection device for a fieldbus network (US 11,973,652) comes due Oct 30, 2027. Unpaid by May 1, 2028, it lapses early.
1 fee due Nov 10, 2027
The maintenance fee for Transport securing device for a battery unit (US 9,338,914) comes due Nov 10, 2027. Unpaid by May 10, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

2 terms have ended 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 8,260,759	Method for maintaining a production installation In force Term ends Dec 3, 2026 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Dec 3, 2026	From the USPTO record
US 8,902,801	Universal interface for a wireless adapter In force Term ends Aug 3, 2029 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Aug 3, 2029	From the USPTO record
US 8,281,174	Energy saving operation of a hardwired communication interface and a function unit provided for the communication interface of a field device In force Term ends Sep 8, 2029 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Sep 8, 2029	From the USPTO record
US 8,040,818	Method for exchange of upkeep-relevant information with a computer-supported, upkeep system In force Term ends Apr 2, 2030 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Apr 2, 2030	From the USPTO record
US 8,976,498	Field Device for Determining And/Or Monitoring a Physical or Chemical Process Variable In force Term ends Jul 25, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 25, 2030	High confidence
US 8,886,786	Method for plant monitoring with a field bus of process automation technology In force Term ends Aug 30, 2030 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Aug 30, 2030	From the USPTO record
US 9,276,996	Apparatus for servicing a field device from a remote terminal In force Term ends Oct 17, 2030 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Oct 17, 2030	From the USPTO record
US 8,344,880	Field device of automation technology In force Term ends Oct 23, 2030 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Oct 23, 2030	From the USPTO record
US 9,077,620	Method for monitoring a process automation technology network In force Term ends Jan 12, 2031 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jan 12, 2031	From the USPTO record
US 8,898,498	Method for optimizing parameter settings of energy supply parameters of a field device power supply module In force Term ends Oct 22, 2031 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Oct 22, 2031	From the USPTO record

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Sources and methods

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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.

5 pending · 1 abandoned · 36 no status recorded

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