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39 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
146 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.
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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 Dec 11, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Image processing device, method and non-transitory computer readable recording medium for tracking a target in a motion picture using color information (US 10,319,097) comes due Dec 11, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 11, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Feb 8 to 25, 2027 · next Feb 8
  • 1 fee due Mar 8, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Image compositing apparatus, image compositing method, image compositing program, and recording medium (US 9,129,414) comes due Mar 8, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 8, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Apr 8 to 22, 2027 · next Apr 8

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Recent changes

  • 2 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
  • 6 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.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 8,031,867Method of verifying the integrity of an encryption key obtained by combining key parts
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,773,819Image processing apparatus
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,175,399Multiple-resolution image processing apparatus
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,538,192Image processing device, image processing method and storage medium
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,224,116Image processing method and imaging apparatus
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,682,098Image data processing method and image processing apparatus
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,588,546Apparatus and program for producing a panoramic image
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,976,280Distortion Estimating Image Processing Device, Method, and Non-Transitory Storage Medium
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 8,363,933Image Identification Method and Imaging Apparatus
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,129,414Image compositing apparatus, image compositing method, image compositing program, and recording medium
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 39: 146 patents in force now held by others · 72 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 12 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.

3 pending · 13 abandoned · 10 no status recorded

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