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34 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 Dec 6, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Tunnel boring machine and tunnelling method (US 11,668,192) comes due Dec 6, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 7, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jan 30, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Drill head for expanding a pilot bore in order to create a borehole (US 10,364,611) comes due Jan 30, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 30, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Apr 15, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and device for trenchless pipe laying (US 10,443,761) comes due Apr 15, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 15, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due May 10 to 21, 2027 · next May 10
  • 2 fees due Jun 5 to 29, 2027 · next Jun 5
  • 1 fee due Aug 27, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and device for the automated arrangement of tunnel lining segments (US 11,913,337) comes due Aug 27, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 28, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 9, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Data Communication in the Microwave Range Using Electrically Conductive Elements in a Construction Machine (US 11,952,888) comes due Oct 9, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 10, 2028, it lapses early.

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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.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 7,942,609Method and device for trenchless pipe laying
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US 8,757,731Method for introducing a vertical shaft and shaft driving machine
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US 8,534,765Method for introducing a vertical shaft and shaft driving machine
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US 9,909,418Protective element, concrete element, and method for producing a concrete element
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US 9,222,233Method and device for creating an underwater foundation of a building
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US 9,181,800Device for monitoring the state of rotation of a disk cutter arrangement of a shield tunnel boring machine and disk cutter arrangement for a shield tunnel boring machine
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US 9,518,465Method and device for transporting overburden away during tunnelling
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US 10,081,992Device for conveying away drillings
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US 10,443,761Method and device for trenchless pipe laying
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US 9,995,138Device for sinking a shaft and method for sinking a shaft
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Also on record, not counted in the 34: 6 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 3 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.

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