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43 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
1 more in force is now held by another company
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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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 Dec 4 to 20, 2026 · next Dec 4
  • 1 fee due Feb 22, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Helmet (US 11,730,223) comes due Feb 22, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 23, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Apr 3, 2027
  • 2 fees due May 12 to 14, 2027 · next May 12
  • 2 fees due Jun 3 to 12, 2027 · next Jun 3
  • 1 fee due Jul 26, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Multiple ply managed friction material surface with smooth bonded seams (US 9,241,853) comes due Jul 26, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 26, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Sep 30, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Headgear (US 10,602,794) comes due Sep 30, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 31, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 4 fees due Oct 2 to 23, 2027 · next Oct 2

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Recent changes

  • 2 of the patents on this record were granted 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.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 8,615,817Protective headgear and protective armour and a method of modifying protective headgear and protective armour
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 8,316,512Apparatus at a protective helmet
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,646,459Two-ply fabric low friction interface
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,241,853Multiple ply managed friction material surface with smooth bonded seams
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,919,347Support surface cover having different frictional zones
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,578,520Helmet
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,603,406Helmet with sliding facilitator arranged at energy absorbing layer
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,955,745Helmet with sliding facilitator arranged at energy absorbing layer
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,212,979Helmet with sliding facilitator arranged at energy absorbing layer
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,874,160Helmet with sliding facilitator arranged at energy absorbing layer
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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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.

11 pending · 6 no status recorded

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