Maintenance fees coming due

Equinix, Inc.

38 maintenance fees come due in the 12 months from Nov 14, 2026, the next on Nov 14, 2026. Unpaid by May 14, 2027, that one lapses early.

A maintenance fee does not end a patent on its due date. It falls due at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant, and the patent lapses only if the fee is still unpaid at the end of the six month grace period that follows.

Patent	Title	Holder	Status	Fee due	Lapses if unpaid	Expires	Confidence
US 10,291,726	Network Field Unit for a Cloud-Based Services Exchange Equinix, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 14, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 14, 2027 Term ends Jun 26, 2036 · High confidence	Equinix, Inc.	In force	Nov 14, 2026	May 14, 2027	Term ends Jun 26, 2036	High confidence
US 10,306,810	Hot-Aisle Cooling Equinix, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 28, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 28, 2027 Term ends Apr 15, 2037 · High confidence	Equinix, Inc.	In force	Nov 28, 2026	May 28, 2027	Term ends Apr 15, 2037	High confidence
US 10,313,178	Virtual Network for Inter-Container Communication Equinix, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 4, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 4, 2027 Term ends Feb 24, 2037 · High confidence	Equinix, Inc.	In force	Dec 4, 2026	Jun 4, 2027	Term ends Feb 24, 2037	High confidence
US 11,671,429	Authorization Automation in Procurement of Interconnections Within a Data Center Equinix, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 6, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 7, 2027 Term ends Sep 23, 2040 · High confidence	Equinix, Inc.	In force	Dec 6, 2026	Jun 7, 2027	Term ends Sep 23, 2040	High confidence
US 11,677,660	Fallback Service Through a Cloud Exchange for Network Service Provider Connections Equinix, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 13, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 14, 2027 Term ends Jun 23, 2041 · High confidence	Equinix, Inc.	In force	Dec 13, 2026	Jun 14, 2027	Term ends Jun 23, 2041	High confidence
US 11,695,568	Virtualized Network Functions Verification Using Decentralized Identifiers Equinix, Inc. In force Fee due Jan 4, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Jul 6, 2027 Term ends Sep 7, 2041 · High confidence	Equinix, Inc.	In force	Jan 4, 2027	Jul 6, 2027	Term ends Sep 7, 2041	High confidence
US 11,698,916	Tracing Timestamps Through Immutable Records Equinix, Inc. In force Fee due Jan 11, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Jul 12, 2027 Term ends Dec 27, 2040 · High confidence	Equinix, Inc.	In force	Jan 11, 2027	Jul 12, 2027	Term ends Dec 27, 2040	High confidence
US 9,082,091	Unified User Login for Co-Location Facilities Equinix, Inc. In force Fee due Jan 14, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Jul 14, 2027 Term ends Dec 26, 2031 · High confidence	Equinix, Inc.	In force	Jan 14, 2027	Jul 14, 2027	Term ends Dec 26, 2031	High confidence
US 10,355,989	Virtual Performance Hub Equinix, Inc. In force Fee due Jan 16, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Jul 16, 2027 Term ends Jun 10, 2037 · High confidence	Equinix, Inc.	In force	Jan 16, 2027	Jul 16, 2027	Term ends Jun 10, 2037	High confidence
US 10,382,266	Interconnection Platform with Event-Driven Notification for a Cloud Exchange Equinix, Inc. In force Fee due Feb 13, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Aug 13, 2027 Ends no later than Mar 1, 2037 · Medium confidence	Equinix, Inc.	In force	Feb 13, 2027	Aug 13, 2027	Ends no later than Mar 1, 2037	Medium confidence
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