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Mauna Kea Technologies

21 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
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.

Recorded under 2 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 Sep 30, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for characterizing images acquired through a video medical device (US 10,607,346) comes due Sep 30, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 31, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 28, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for characterizing images acquired through a video medical device (US 10,636,147) comes due Oct 28, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 28, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 1 term has ended 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.
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US 7,646,938Method and system for super-resolution of confocal images acquired through an image guide, and device used for implementing such a method
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US 8,081,310Multimarking fibre-type fluorescence microscopic imaging method and system
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US 7,911,590Method and system for measuring the speed of blood flow
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US 8,300,326Miniaturized optical head with high spatial resolution and high sensitivity, especially for fibred confocal fluorescence imaging
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US 7,869,679Modular imaging system, modules for this system and method implemented using this system
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US 8,644,663Modular imaging system, modules for this system and method implemented using this system
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US 8,267,869Multi-purpose biopsy forceps
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US 10,722,167Method, an optical probe and a confocal microscopy system for inspecting a solid organ
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US 8,764,315Connector for a fiber probe and a fiber probe adapted to said connector
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US 8,923,955Use of a system for imaging by fiber-optic confocal fluorescence in vivo in situ, system and method for imaging by fiber-optic confocal fluorescence in vivo in situ
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Also on record, not counted in the 21: 4 patents in force now held by others · 5 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 6 ended at full term. List them

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Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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