Hitec Co., Ltd.

13 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

May 2028

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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 2, 2026
The maintenance fee for Apparatus and method for suspending sausage from hooks (US 9,044,030) comes due Dec 2, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 2, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Feb 18, 2027
The maintenance fee for Sausage suspension member and method and apparatus for suspending sausage on suspension members from stick (US 9,107,425) comes due Feb 18, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 18, 2027, 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.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,666,071	Apparatus for manufacturing chains of linked food products such as sausages with twisted portions and having a plurality of stuffing tubes and method of manufacturing the same In force Term ends May 28, 2028 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends May 28, 2028	From the USPTO record
US 8,113,924	Apparatus for transferring a stick with a strand of sausage or the like suspended therefrom In force Term ends Aug 26, 2030 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Aug 26, 2030	From the USPTO record
US 8,152,604	Detecting structure for a stuffing apparatus In force Term ends Sep 24, 2030 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Sep 24, 2030	From the USPTO record
US 8,231,441	Stuffing apparatus and casing breakage detecting device for stuffing apparatus In force Term ends Sep 13, 2031 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Sep 13, 2031	From the USPTO record
US 9,044,030	Apparatus and method for suspending sausage from hooks In force Term ends Apr 16, 2034 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Apr 16, 2034	From the USPTO record
US 9,107,425	Sausage suspension member and method and apparatus for suspending sausage on suspension members from stick In force Term ends Jun 10, 2034 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jun 10, 2034	From the USPTO record
US 9,706,781	Stuffing apparatus In force Term ends Jun 1, 2035 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jun 1, 2035	From the USPTO record
US 9,451,780	Stick supplying unit, stick discharging unit, and sausage suspending apparatus In force Term ends Sep 8, 2035 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Sep 8, 2035	From the USPTO record
US 11,034,522	Stick delivering apparatus and support arm device therefor In force Term ends Apr 25, 2039 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Apr 25, 2039	From the USPTO record
US 12,017,266	Stick curvature correction device In force Term ends Dec 1, 2042 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Dec 1, 2042	From the USPTO record

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