344 patents currently held
49 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.
6 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.
The next term ends in Dec 2026. from the record
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Ending by 2030
Dec 2026
Next term end
247
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 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
Ends Nov 2036 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Jan 2039 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Nov 2037 · High confidence
Lidar System
US 9,958,545
Cited by 220 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2036.
Processing Point Clouds of Vehicle Sensors Having Variable Scan Line Distributions Using Interpolation Functions
US 10,768,304
Cited by 85 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data. Protection runs to 2039.
Fiber Laser with Free-Space Components
US 10,003,168
Cited by 97 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2037.
Formerly held, still cited
Notable
Ends Apr 2027 · High confidence
Cited by 109 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2027.
now held by Adeia Guides Inc.
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.
- 5 fees due Nov 14 to 28, 2026 · next Nov 14
- 6 fees due Dec 4 to 27, 2026 · next Dec 4
- 9 fees due Jan 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 2
- 5 fees due Feb 1 to 27, 2027 · next Feb 1
- 7 fees due Mar 3 to 22, 2027 · next Mar 3
- 7 fees due Apr 3 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 3
- 10 fees due May 12 to 28, 2027 · next May 12
- 9 fees due Jun 10 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 10
- 4 fees due Jul 14 to 28, 2027 · next Jul 14
- 9 fees due Aug 4 to 25, 2027 · next Aug 4
- 10 fees due Sep 3 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 3
- 7 fees due Oct 7 to 30, 2027 · next Oct 7
- 1 fee due Nov 5, 2027The maintenance fee for Sizing the Field of View of a Detector to Improve Operation of a Lidar System (US 10,641,874) comes due Nov 5, 2027. Unpaid by May 5, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
- 3 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 21 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 247 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Protecting Detector in a Lidar System Using Off-Axis Illumination | 48 in force | to Jun 2041 |
| Lidar System | 6 in force | to May 2038 |
| Method for Dynamically Controlling Laser Power | 4 in force | to Aug 2039 |
| Manufacturing a Balanced Polygon Mirror | 4 in force | to May 2039 |
| Fiber Laser with Free-Space Components | 4 in force | to Nov 2037 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,460,305 | Scanned-Beam Heads-Up Display and Related Systems and Methods In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,924,349 | Arrangement for and Method of Projecting an Image with Linear Scan Lines In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,445,342 | Image Projection System for Personal Media Player In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,491,919 | Circuit for Detecting a Clock Error in a Scanned-Image System and Related Circuits, Systems, and Methods In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,501,616 | Method and Apparatus for Capturing an Image of a Moving Object In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,489,433 | Method and Apparatus for Making and Using 1D and 2D Magnetic Actuators In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,439,491 | Error Reduction for Image Capturing Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,609,944 | Copy Protection of Optical Discs held by Macrovision Corporation In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,476,197 | Scanned Beam Imagers and Endoscopes Utilizing Multiple Light Collectors held by Microvision, Inc. and Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,486,255 | Scanned Beam System and Method Using a Plurality of Display Zones In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 344: 49 patents in force now held by others · 240 patents ended · 47 applications pending · 161 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.