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Komatsu Ltd.

Filings on record here from 2001, where this site's data begins
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1,383 patents currently held

36 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.
6 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.

The next term ends in Nov 2026. from the record

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Ending by 2030
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1,325
Patent families

When these terms end

Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents fee due within 90 days all others Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Mine Management System and Mine Managing Method US 9,593,463
Cited by 20 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2035.
Ends Oct 2035 · High confidence Also notable
Work Vehicle and Control Method for Same US 9,732,499
The largest patent family in this portfolio, 6 related applications, renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2034. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.
Ends Jun 2034 · High confidence Also notable
Vehicle Seat US D711,125
Granted 2014. Computed term ends 2028.
Ends Aug 2028 · High confidence

Formerly held, still cited

Notable
Production of Biodiesel and Glycerin from High Free Fatty Acid Feedstocks US 7,806,945
Cited by 50 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2028.
now held by Reg Seneca, LLC
Ends Jan 2028 · High confidence

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.
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What they patent

The 5 largest of its 1,325 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
Hydraulic Excavator4 in forceto Nov 2032
Steering Device for Wheel Loader4 in forceto Apr 2032
Work Vehicle Periphery Monitoring System and Work Vehicle Periphery Monitoring Method3 in forceto Jul 2039
Wheel Loader and Method for Controlling Wheel Loader3 in forceto Jun 2038
Bulldozer3 in forceto Aug 2037

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.
PatentTitleStatusExpiresConfidence
US D671,565Control Lever for Construction Machinery
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,695,055Cab Structure of Construction Machine
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,810,581Blade Apparatus for Work Machine and Work Machine Having the Same
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,739,894Die Cushion Controller
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,717,816Transmission
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,967,547Work Machine
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US D682,322Hydraulic Excavator
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US D682,887Hydraulic Excavator
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US D682,888Wheel Loader
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US D682,889Wheel Loader
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
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