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36 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

1 more in force is now held by another company

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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 Jul 14, 2027
The maintenance fee for Systems and methods for providing illumination for iris biometric acquisition (US 10,534,969) comes due Jul 14, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 14, 2028, it lapses early.

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5 terms have ended 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.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 8,798,333	Methods for performing biometric recognition of a human eye and corroboration of same In force Term ends Nov 28, 2026 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Nov 28, 2026	From the USPTO record
US 8,818,053	Methods for performing biometric recognition of a human eye and corroboration of same In force Term ends Dec 21, 2026 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Dec 21, 2026	From the USPTO record
US 9,984,290	Compact biometric acquisition system and method In force Term ends Sep 21, 2027 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Sep 21, 2027	From the USPTO record
US 10,133,926	Compact biometric acquisition system and method In force Ends no later than Sep 21, 2027 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Sep 21, 2027	From the USPTO record
US 10,176,373	Compact Biometric Acquisition System and Method In force Ends no later than Sep 21, 2027 · Low confidence	In force	Ends no later than Sep 21, 2027	Low confidence
US 9,355,299	Fraud resistant biometric financial transaction system and method In force Ends no later than Oct 2, 2027 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Oct 2, 2027	From the USPTO record
US 9,959,478	Method and system for biometric recognition In force Ends no later than Apr 18, 2028 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Apr 18, 2028	From the USPTO record
US 8,818,052	Fraud resistant biometric financial transaction system and method In force Term ends May 13, 2028 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends May 13, 2028	From the USPTO record
US 8,818,051	Fraud resistant biometric financial transaction system and method In force Term ends May 15, 2028 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends May 15, 2028	From the USPTO record
US 9,646,217	Method and system for biometric recognition In force Term ends May 23, 2028 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends May 23, 2028	From the USPTO record

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