6,336 patents currently held

2,482 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.

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

The next term ends in Dec 2026. from the record

Of the 2,482 now held by other companies, 704 name Signify Holding B.V. as their current owner, and 1,778 more name another party. Each row says which.

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Ending by 2030

Dec 2026

Next term end

5,590

Patent families

When these terms end

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Held patents by the year their term ends

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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

Mesh Network Stroke Monitoring Appliance US 8,108,036

Cited by 701 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2027.

Ends Sep 2027 · High confidence Also notable

Mesh Network Monitoring Appliance US 7,539,533

Cited by 850 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2027.

Ends Aug 2027 · High confidence Also notable

Electrocardiogram Processing System for Delineation and Classification US 10,959,660

Cited by 53 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data. Protection runs to 2035.

Ends Oct 2035 · High confidence

Formerly held, still cited

Notable

Mesh Network Personal Emergency Response Appliance US 7,733,224

The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 1,691 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data. Protection runs to 2027.

now held by BT Wearables LLC

Ends Oct 2027 · High confidence

Also notable

Targeted Content Delivery Using Outdoor Lighting Networks (OLNs) US 10,321,528

Cited by 55 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data. Protection runs to 2031.

now held by Signify Holding B.V.

Ends Jan 2031 · Medium 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.

25 fees due Nov 14 to 30, 2026 · next Nov 14
88 fees due Dec 2 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 2
88 fees due Jan 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 2
113 fees due Feb 1 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 1
115 fees due Mar 1 to 29, 2027 · next Mar 1
106 fees due Apr 1 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 1
93 fees due May 3 to 28, 2027 · next May 3
108 fees due Jun 1 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 1
125 fees due Jul 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 2
97 fees due Aug 2 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 2
119 fees due Sep 1 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 1
107 fees due Oct 2 to 30, 2027 · next Oct 2
35 fees due Nov 3 to 12, 2027 · next Nov 3

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Recent changes

Oct 28Assignment recorded on 1 record: Ofinno, LLC to Koniklijke Philips N.V. Recorded Oct 28, 2026, executed May 27, 2025. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76541, frame 946.
Oct 27Assignment recorded on 1 record: Notten, Marc Godfriedus Marie and 4 others to Koninklijke Philips N.V. Recorded Oct 27, 2026, executed Jan 12, 2021. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76527, frame 266.
172 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
75 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 5,590 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Apparatuses, Methods, and Computer-Readable Medium for Communication in a Wireless Local Area Network	12 in force	to Mar 2037
Automatic Method to Delineate or Categorize an Electrocardiogram	11 in force	to Jun 2039
Optimized Scale Factor for Frequency Band Extension in an Audio Frequency Signal Decoder	8 in force	to Oct 2034
Method and Apparatus for Encoding/Decoding Video Signal	6 in force	to Mar 2037
Blade Set, Hair Cutting Appliance, and Related Manufacturing Method	6 in force	to Dec 2035

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 9,634,743	Multiple Spatial Channel Transmission with Rate Control In force Term ends Dec 7, 2026 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 7, 2026	High confidence
US 9,427,881	Cutting Unit with Guard Teeth and Hair-Cutting Device In force Term ends Dec 11, 2026 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 11, 2026	Medium confidence
US 9,325,394	Multiple Spatial Channel Transmission with Rate Control In force Term ends Jan 3, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 3, 2027	High confidence
US 7,446,798	Real-Time Obstacle Detection with a Calibrated Camera and Known Ego-Motion In force Term ends Jan 26, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 26, 2027	High confidence
US 7,574,060	Deblocker for Postprocess Deblocking In force Term ends Jan 27, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 27, 2027	High confidence
US 9,955,942	Ultrasonic Method and Apparatus for Measuring or Detecting Flow Behavior of a Non-Sinusoidal Periodicity In force Term ends Jan 29, 2027 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 29, 2027	Medium confidence
US 9,801,179	Methods and Systems for Extending Range and Adjusting Bandwidth for Wireless Networks In force Term ends Feb 20, 2027 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 20, 2027	Medium confidence
US 9,865,270	Audio Encoding and Decoding In force Term ends Feb 24, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 24, 2027	High confidence
US 10,656,288	Digital Silicon Photomultiplier for Tof-Pet In force Term ends Feb 24, 2027 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 24, 2027	Medium confidence
US 10,741,187	Encoding of Multi-Channel Audio Signal to Generate Encoded Binaural Signal, and Associated Decoding of Encoded Binaural Signal In force Term ends Feb 24, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 24, 2027	High 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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