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86 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
17 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.

Recorded under 3 name spellings.

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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 Jan 14, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Content caching device for managing contents based on content usage features (US 9,083,764) comes due Jan 14, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 14, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Feb 11, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method of determining routing path based on change in dynamic state of nodes (US 9,106,568) comes due Feb 11, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 11, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Apr 10, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Endoscopic Reflection Microscope Using Optical Fiber Bundle and Image Acquisition Method Using the Same (US 11,785,348) comes due Apr 10, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 12, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Jun 30, 2027
  • 1 fee due Jul 28, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Polymer Capsule Having Loaded Thereon Transition Metal Particles Having Excellent Water Dispersibility and Stability, and Method for Preparing Same (US 10,543,477) comes due Jul 28, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 28, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Aug 18 to 20, 2027 · next Aug 18
  • 1 fee due Sep 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for Identifying DNA Base Editing by Means of Cytosine Deaminase (US 11,920,151) comes due Sep 5, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 6, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Oct 2 to 28, 2027 · next Oct 2
  • 1 fee due Nov 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Partial Skull Replacements Capable of Monitoring in Real Time and Delivering Substances into Brain Tissue, and Uses Thereof (US 10,639,397) comes due Nov 5, 2027. Unpaid by May 5, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 2 of the patents on this record were granted 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 9,106,568Method of determining routing path based on change in dynamic state of nodes
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,543,811Efficient identity-based ring signature scheme with anonymity and system thereof
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,891,468Content-based network system and method of controlling transmission of content therein
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,806,194Method for authenticating low performance device
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,083,764Content caching device for managing contents based on content usage features
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,354,187Apparatus and method for computed tomography image processing
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,827,313Self-Assembled Pharmaceutical Composition for Photodynamic Therapy
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,707,548Polymer Capsule Having Loaded Thereon Transition Metal Particles Having Excellent Water Dispersibility and Stability, and Method for Preparing Same
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,812,333Nanoscale Patterning Method and Integrated Device for Electronic Apparatus Manufactured Therefrom
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,762,696Data storage communication apparatus, and data transmission and management methods using the same
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 86: 17 patents in force now held by others · 4 lapsed for an unpaid fee. 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.

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.

21 pending · 38 abandoned · 7 no status recorded

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