Germitec

12 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Ending by 2030

Dec 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 Nov 30, 2026
The maintenance fee for Modeling to assist high-level UV-C disinfection (US 11,660,360) comes due Nov 30, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 1, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Dec 20, 2026
The maintenance fee for Bioassay Carrier and Preparation Thereof (US 11,679,384) comes due Dec 20, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 21, 2027, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

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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.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,982,199	Medical Imaging Apparatus In force Term ends Dec 7, 2026 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 7, 2026	High confidence
US 8,636,950	Medical Instrument Disinfecting Chamber Via Radiation In force Term ends Dec 7, 2026 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 7, 2026	High confidence
US 8,334,521	Medical Instrument Disinfecting System In force Term ends Nov 26, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 26, 2027	High confidence
US 8,623,275	Medical Instrument Disinfecting System In force Term ends Dec 17, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 17, 2027	High confidence
US 8,356,745	Enclosure for the Decontamination and Identification of a Medical Apparatus In force Term ends Apr 9, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 9, 2029	High confidence
US 8,313,017	Sealed enclosure for the decontamination of a medical apparatus In force Term ends Jun 1, 2029 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jun 1, 2029	From the USPTO record
US 8,673,210	Method for tracking the use of a medical apparatus In force Term ends Nov 6, 2030 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Nov 6, 2030	From the USPTO record
US 11,679,384	Bioassay Carrier and Preparation Thereof In force Term ends Mar 29, 2039 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 29, 2039	High confidence
US 11,458,218	Disinfection System for Reusable Medical Instruments In force Term ends May 31, 2039 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 31, 2039	High confidence
US 11,660,360	Modeling to assist high-level UV-C disinfection In force Term ends Aug 21, 2040 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Aug 21, 2040	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.

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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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