Hysitron, Inc.

17 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

12 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.

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Sep 2027

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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 May 24, 2027
The maintenance fee for Mechanical testing instruments including onboard data (US 9,194,727) comes due May 24, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 24, 2027, it lapses early.
2 fees due Oct 5 to 19, 2027 · next Oct 5

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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.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,798,011	Actuatable Capacitive Transducer for Quantitative Nanoindentation Combined with Transmission Electron Microscopy In force Term ends Sep 25, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 25, 2027	High confidence
US 8,453,498	Actuatable Capacitive Transducer for Quantitative Nanoindentation Combined with Transmission Electron Microscopy In force Term ends Feb 22, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 22, 2028	High confidence
US 8,789,425	Micro/Nano-Mechanical Test System Employing Tensile Test Holder with Push-To-Pull Transformer In force Term ends Oct 7, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 7, 2029	High confidence
US 9,316,569	Micro Electro-Mechanical Heater In force Term ends Aug 26, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 26, 2030	High confidence
US 9,759,641	Micro Electro-Mechanical Heater In force Term ends Aug 26, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 26, 2030	High confidence
US 9,304,072	Micromachined comb drive for quantitative nanoindentation In force Term ends Sep 13, 2030 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Sep 13, 2030	From the USPTO record
US 8,434,370	Micro/Nano-Mechanical Test System Employing Tensile Test Holder with Push-To-Pull Transformer In force Term ends Jul 11, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 11, 2031	High confidence
US 8,631,687	Indenter assembly In force Term ends Oct 10, 2031 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Oct 10, 2031	From the USPTO record
US 9,194,727	Mechanical testing instruments including onboard data In force Term ends Nov 23, 2031 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Nov 23, 2031	From the USPTO record
US 8,770,036	Nanomechanical Testing System In force Term ends Feb 10, 2032 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 10, 2032	Medium confidence

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