2,199 patents currently held
4 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.
The next term ends in Nov 2026. from the record
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
327
Ending by 2030
Nov 2026
Next term end
1,726
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 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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
Ends Oct 2032 · Medium confidence
Also notable
Ends Jul 2030 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Feb 2032 · High confidence
Coupling of a business component model to an information technology model
US 11,477,093
Cited by 182 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data. Protection runs to 2032.
Multitenant Hosted Virtual Machine Infrastructure
US 8,473,594
Cited by 275 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2030.
Systems and Method for Secure Delivery of Files to Authorized Recipients
US 9,106,616
Cited by 70 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2032.
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.
- 46 fees due Nov 16 to 30, 2026 · next Nov 16
- 60 fees due Dec 2 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 2
- 50 fees due Jan 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 2
- 67 fees due Feb 4 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 4
- 38 fees due Mar 1 to 26, 2027 · next Mar 1
- 42 fees due Apr 1 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 1
- 35 fees due May 3 to 28, 2027 · next May 3
- 31 fees due Jun 3 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 3
- 46 fees due Jul 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 2
- 69 fees due Aug 2 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 2
- 80 fees due Sep 1 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 1
- 63 fees due Oct 2 to 30, 2027 · next Oct 2
- 18 fees due Nov 3 to 12, 2027 · next Nov 3
Recent changes
- 17 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 17, 2026
- 101 terms have ended since Aug 17, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 1,726 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Combining Bandwidth from Multiple Cellular Connections into a Single WLAN Network | 5 in force | to Nov 2035 |
| Multi-Tenant Aware Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Mechanism for Cloud Networking | 5 in force | to May 2035 |
| Dynamic Network Monitoring | 5 in force | to Jul 2034 |
| Multitenant Hosted Virtual Machine Infrastructure | 5 in force | to Jul 2030 |
| Sensing and Responding to Service Discoveries | 5 in force | to Apr 2029 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,761,440 | Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Synthesizing Diagnoses in Healthcare Databases In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,341,227 | Playback of Instant Messaging Session History In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,503,031 | Method of Transforming an Application into an On-Demand Service In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,166,027 | System, Method and Program to Test a Web Site In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,147,073 | Computer-Implemented Method, Tool, and Program Product for Automatically Replying to an Instant Message In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,975,268 | Grid Computing System, Management Server, Processing Server, Control Method, Control Program and Recording Medium In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,856,639 | Monitoring and Controlling Applications Executing in a Computing Node In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,879,704 | Notification to Users of Events In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 9,516,464 | Notification to Users of Events In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 7,814,523 | Apparatus and Method for Television Viewer Interest Expression in Advertiser Goods and Services In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 2,199: 4 patents in force now held by others · 1,915 patents ended · 79 applications pending · 249 applications abandoned. List them
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.