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Frama AG

5 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
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 Sep 17, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Apparatus for franking flat items of mail transported individually or from a supplied stack, such as envelopes, mailers, cards, printed products, sleeves, labels or the like, on a processing line (US 10,589,947) comes due Sep 17, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 17, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 14, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Apparatus for separating items of mail fed to a franking machine on a processing line, such as envelopes, mailers, cards, printed products, sleeves, labels (US 10,618,756) comes due Oct 14, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 14, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

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.

Showing 1 to 5 of 5

PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 10,589,947Apparatus for franking flat items of mail transported individually or from a supplied stack, such as envelopes, mailers, cards, printed products, sleeves, labels or the like, on a processing line
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,618,756Apparatus for separating items of mail fed to a franking machine on a processing line, such as envelopes, mailers, cards, printed products, sleeves, labels
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,815,085Device for printing packages which are fed individually to a printing unit
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 11,420,840Method for franking packages individually supplied from a stack by a franking machine
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 11,538,285Method for franking mail items which are fed to a franking machine, and device for carrying out the method
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
Also on record, not counted in the 5: 10 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 17 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

Every application published under this name has become a patent.

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