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41 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026
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 16, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and apparatus for post-mix drink dispensing (US 10,351,409) comes due Jan 16, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 16, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Mar 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and apparatus for cooling a dispensing station (US 11,745,997) comes due Mar 5, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 7, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Apr 30, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and apparatus for configuring and maintaining a beverage dispenser (US 11,802,038) comes due Apr 30, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 1, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due May 14, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Methods and Apparatus for Post-Mix Drink Dispensing (US 11,814,278) comes due May 14, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 15, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Aug 13, 2027
  • 2 fees due Sep 15 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 15

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Recent changes

  • 1 term has ended since Aug 17, 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 7,572,113Methods and apparatus for pumping and dispensing
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US 7,641,074Multiple flow circuits for a product dispenser
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US 8,002,147Method and apparatus for a drip tray screen
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US 8,091,737Method and apparatus for a multiple flavor beverage mixing nozzle
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US 8,807,392Method and apparatus for dispensing a beverage from a liquid concentrate
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US D784,496Valve handle support block
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US 8,833,090Method and apparatus for controlling agitation of a cooling fluid bath for a drink dispenser
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US 9,285,149Integrated ice and beverage dispenser
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US 9,511,988Touch screen for a beverage dispensing system
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US 9,933,792Method and apparatus for flow regulation
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Also on record, not counted in the 41: 29 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 159 ended at full term. 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.

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