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43 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
2 more in force are now held by other companies
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 Nov 16, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Digital interpolation filter, corresponding rhythm changing device and receiving equipment (US 11,652,472) comes due Nov 16, 2026. Unpaid by May 17, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Dec 18, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Method for processing a digital image, device, terminal equipment and associated computer program (US 10,326,971) comes due Dec 18, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 21, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 3 fees due Feb 6 to 22, 2027 · next Feb 6
  • 1 fee due Apr 1, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and Device for Generating a Multicarrier OFDM Signal, Method and Device for Attenuating Extrema of Such a Signal, Corresponding Computer Program Products (US 10,432,440) comes due Apr 1, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 1, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due May 12, 2027
    The maintenance fee for A Method for Digitally Generating a Hologram, Related Device and Computer Program (US 10,474,102) comes due May 12, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 12, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Sep 26, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Methods for decoding and encoding an image, associated devices and signal (US 11,943,458) comes due Sep 26, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 27, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Nov 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for processing a digital image, device, terminal equipment and associated computer program (US 10,645,359) comes due Nov 5, 2027. Unpaid by May 5, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 1 of the patents on this record was granted since Aug 16, 2026
  • 1 term has 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 10,243,774A Method for Transmitting a Multi-Carrier Signal, a Receiving Method, Devices, and Associated Computer Programs
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,924,737A Method for Encoding a Digital Image and Verifying a Transform Applied to a Current Residual Block, Corresponding Decoding Method, Devices, and Associated Computer Programs
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 11,451,777Method for encoding a digital image, decoding method, devices, and associated computer programs
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,474,102A Method for Digitally Generating a Hologram, Related Device and Computer Program
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,374,681Method for processing information representative of a transmission channel by a radio equipment device, receiving equipment and associated computer program
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,326,971Method for processing a digital image, device, terminal equipment and associated computer program
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,645,359Method for processing a digital image, device, terminal equipment and associated computer program
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,687,082A Method for Encoding a Digital Image, Decoding Method, Devices, User Terminal and Associated Computer Programs
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,432,440Method and Device for Generating a Multicarrier OFDM Signal, Method and Device for Attenuating Extrema of Such a Signal, Corresponding Computer Program Products
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,771,817Method for decoding a digital image, coding method, devices, and associated computer programs
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 43: 2 patents in force now held by others · 6 lapsed for an unpaid fee. 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 · 3 abandoned · 11 no status recorded

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