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13 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
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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 Jun 3, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Application state change notification program and method therefor (US 10,499,402) comes due Jun 3, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 3, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Aug 25, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and system for setting smartphone account (US 10,575,172) comes due Aug 25, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 25, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Nov 7, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Internet connection management system for information communication device, method therefor, and internet connection management program installed in information communication device (US 11,979,377) comes due Nov 7, 2027. Unpaid by May 8, 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 8,774,183Relay device and method for connecting client apparatus with server
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US 8,543,706Communication module for connecting application program to virtual private network
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US 8,984,141Server for routing connection to client device
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US 9,854,198Memory card device
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 9,602,710Automated parameter optimization for an image shooting system
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US 10,499,402Application state change notification program and method therefor
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 10,721,742Application state change notification program and method therefor
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US 10,165,571Application state change notification program and method therefor
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 10,575,172Method and system for setting smartphone account
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 11,979,377Internet connection management system for information communication device, method therefor, and internet connection management program installed in information communication device
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 · From the USPTO record
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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.

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