Microprobe, Inc.

15 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 4 name spellings.

Ending by 2030

Dec 2026

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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.

2 fees due Aug 2 to 23, 2027 · next Aug 2
1 fee due Sep 12, 2027
The maintenance fee for Adsorbent cartridge with accurate visual indicator (US 11,925,763) comes due Sep 12, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 13, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

4 terms have 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.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,944,224	Low Profile Probe Having Improved Mechanical Scrub and Reduced Contact Inductance In force Term ends Dec 6, 2026 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 6, 2026	High confidence
US 7,786,740	Probe Cards Employing Probes Having Retaining Portions for Potting in a Potting Region In force Term ends Feb 23, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 23, 2027	High confidence
US 7,952,377	Vertical Probe Array Arranged to Provide Space Transformation In force Term ends Apr 10, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 10, 2027	High confidence
US 8,324,923	Vertical Probe Array Arranged to Provide Space Transformation In force Term ends Apr 10, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 10, 2027	High confidence
US 7,671,610	Vertical Guided Probe Array Providing Sideways Scrub Motion In force Term ends Oct 19, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 19, 2027	High confidence
US 7,649,367	Low Profile Probe Having Improved Mechanical Scrub and Reduced Contact Inductance In force Term ends Dec 15, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 15, 2027	High confidence
US 8,723,546	Vertical Guided Layered Probe In force Term ends Jan 26, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 26, 2028	High confidence
US 9,250,266	Probe Bonding Method Having Improved Control of Bonding Material In force Term ends Oct 7, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 7, 2030	High confidence
US 8,230,593	Probe Bonding Method Having Improved Control of Bonding Material In force Term ends Dec 14, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 14, 2030	High confidence
US 8,829,937	Fine Pitch Guided Vertical Probe Array Having Enclosed Probe Flexures In force Term ends Aug 13, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 13, 2031	High confidence

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Also on record, not counted in the 15: 14 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 60 ended at full term · 2 surrendered on reissue. 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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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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