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184 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
370 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.

Previously recorded as DigitalOptics Corporation Europe Limited (to 2014)

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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.
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  • 1 fee due Oct 28, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Extended color processing on pelican array cameras (US 10,638,099) comes due Oct 28, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 28, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Nov 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Systems and methods for 3D facial modeling (US 10,643,383) comes due Nov 5, 2027. Unpaid by May 5, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 6 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 8,055,029Real-time face tracking in a digital image acquisition device
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,839,485Systems and methods for synthesizing high resolution images using images captured by an array of independently controllable imagers
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 11,423,513Systems and methods for synthesizing high resolution images using images captured by an array of independently controllable imagers
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,942,470Detecting facial expressions in digital images
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 11,470,241Detecting Facial Expressions in Digital Images
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,778,885Detecting facial expressions in digital images
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 8,885,059Systems and Methods for Measuring Depth Using Images Captured by Camera Arrays
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,896,719Systems and Methods for Parallax Measurement Using Camera Arrays Incorporating 3 x 3 Camera Configurations
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,041,823Systems and Methods for Performing Post Capture Refocus Using Images Captured by Camera Arrays
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,041,829Capturing and Processing of High Dynamic Range Images Using Camera Arrays
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 184: 370 patents in force now held by others · 173 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 188 ended at full term · 1 surrendered on reissue. 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 · 2 abandoned · 11 no status recorded

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