The record carries a change of name from this company to Orange, 430 recordings between Jan 17, 2014 and Jul 2, 2024. This page keeps the records filed under this name.
255 patents currently held
266 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.
9 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.
The next term ends in Dec 2026. from the record
Of the 266 now held by other companies, 181 name Orange as their current owner, and 85 more name another party. Each row says which.
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159
Ending by 2030
Dec 2026
Next term end
249
Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
fee due within 90 days
all others
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Dec 2030 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Dec 2026 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Aug 2027 · High confidence
Method and Device for Modifying an Audio Signal
US 8,121,834
Cited by 36 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2030.
Method and Device for Spectral Reconstruction of an Audio Signal
US 7,720,676
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 44 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data. Protection runs to 2026.
Method for Processing Audio Data and Sound Acquisition Device Implementing This Method
US 7,706,543
Renewed at every maintenance window since the 2010 grant; no more fees are due before its term ends in 2027.
Formerly held, still cited
Notable
Ends Mar 2030 · High confidence
Renewed at every maintenance window since the 2013 grant; no more fees are due before its term ends in 2030.
now held by Monarch Networking Solutions LLC
Also notable
Ends Nov 2026 · High confidence
Renewed at every maintenance window since the 2009 grant; no more fees are due before its term ends in 2026.
now held by Orange
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.
- 7 fees due Dec 9 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 9
- 3 fees due Jan 7 to 28, 2027 · next Jan 7
- 2 fees due Feb 4 to 18, 2027 · next Feb 4
- 3 fees due Mar 8 to 22, 2027 · next Mar 8
- 5 fees due Apr 6 to 27, 2027 · next Apr 6
- 5 fees due May 3 to 10, 2027 · next May 3
- 6 fees due Jun 1 to 22, 2027 · next Jun 1
- 2 fees due Sep 1 to 22, 2027 · next Sep 1
- 5 fees due Oct 5 to 26, 2027 · next Oct 5
- 3 fees due Nov 3 to 10, 2027 · next Nov 3
Recent changes
- 13 terms have ended since Aug 17, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 249 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Method and System for Connecting Two or More Persons by Telephone | 6 in force | to Apr 2031 |
| Evaluation of Reputation of an Entity by a Primary Evaluation Centre | 2 in force | to Mar 2030 |
| Data Substream De-Encapsulation Method for Plural Symmetrical Substreams and Corresponding Computer Programs | 1 in force | to Oct 2033 |
| Geo-Spatial Recommendation and Discovery System | 1 in force | to Jul 2033 |
| Method for Processing a Motion Information Item, Encoding and Decoding Methods, Corresponding Devices, Signal and Computer Program | 1 in force | to May 2033 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,720,676 | Method and Device for Spectral Reconstruction of an Audio Signal held by France Telecom S.A. In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,990,875 | Telecommunications System and Method In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,697,123 | Method of Measuring the Differential Group Delay of an Optical Fiber Connection In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,634,169 | Method to Reproduce a Multimedia Data Flow on a Client Terminal, Corresponding Device, System and Signal In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,839,884 | Method and Device for Resolving Collision in a Wireless Telecommunications Network In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,555,137 | Method of Watermarking a Color Image by Vectorial Approach, Method of Detecting a Mark of Watermarking, Corresponding Devices, Image and Computer Programs In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,885,544 | Device for Temporal Subsampling of an Otdm Optical Signal, Otdm-Wdm Converter Comprising Same and Otdm-Wdm Converter In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,489,748 | Method for the Reception of a Signal That Has Undergone a Linear Precoding and a Channel Coding, Corresponding Reception Device and Computer Program Product In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,809,045 | Disjoint Iterative Chip Equalization and Multi-User Detection for CDMA Communication System on a MIMO Channnel In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,720,719 | Method and System for Imps-Based Transient Objects In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 255: 266 patents in force now held by others · 490 patents ended · 563 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.