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37 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 3 name spellings.

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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.
  • 2 fees due Dec 18 to 25, 2026 · next Dec 18
  • 1 fee due Mar 19, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Sealed, self-cleaning, food dispensing system including pump and bypass passage (US 11,758,920) comes due Mar 19, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 20, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 3 fees due May 3 to 14, 2027 · next May 3
  • 2 fees due Jun 24 to 26, 2027 · next Jun 24
  • 1 fee due Sep 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Sealed, self-cleaning, food dispensing system with advanced refrigeration features (US 11,920,836) comes due Sep 5, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 6, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Nov 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for High-temperature magnetostrictive guided wave pipe inspection system (US 10,641,741) comes due Nov 5, 2027. Unpaid by May 5, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 2 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.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 8,079,230Food dispensing machine
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,875,732Food Dispensing Machine and Method
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,016,523Beverage Dispenser
In force
 · Low confidence
In forceLow confidence
US 8,528,786Beverage dispenser
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,457,386Method of cleaning a food or beverage dispenser
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,173,521Food and beverage dispenser with cleaning system
In force (reinstated)
 · From the USPTO record
In force (reinstated)From the USPTO record
US 8,907,665Magnetostrictive sensor array for active or synthetic phased-array focusing of guided waves
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,638,671Systems and methods for damage detection in structures using guided wave phased arrays
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 11,252,976Multi-flavor food and/or beverage dispenser
In force (reinstated)
 · From the USPTO record
In force (reinstated)From the USPTO record
US 10,473,624Shear wave sensors for acoustic emission and hybrid guided wave testing
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 37: 10 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 5 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.

2 pending · 1 abandoned · 9 no status recorded

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