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39 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 2 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.
  • 1 fee due Jan 23, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Methods for non-intrusively determining indications of wholesomeness of items of packaged aliment (US 10,359,358) comes due Jan 23, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 23, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Feb 8 to 18, 2027 · next Feb 8
  • 1 fee due Apr 10, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Auto-Focussing Libs System (US 11,781,990) comes due Apr 10, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 12, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 3 fees due Jun 15 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 15
  • 3 fees due Jul 5 to 28, 2027 · next Jul 5
  • 1 fee due Sep 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Sampling device, a system comprising the sampling device and a method (US 11,918,997) comes due Sep 5, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 6, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 23, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method of correcting for an amplitude change in a spectrometer (US 11,965,823) comes due Oct 23, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 24, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 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 7,796,261Spectrophotometer
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,004,670Apparatus and method for spectrophotometric analysis
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,687,029Automated analyser for determining nitrogen derived from organic compounds
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,873,057Variable path length probe
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,212,993Determination of sulphur dioxide in a liquid
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,109,869Interferometer and Fourier-Transform Spectroscopic Analyzer
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,593,637Spectrometric instrument
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,228,937Optical spectrometers
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,587,981Spectrometers comprising spatial light modulators
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,606,050Method for compensating amplitude drift in a spectrometer and spectrometer performing said method
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 39: 14 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 2 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.

3 pending · 1 abandoned · 18 no status recorded

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