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Netgear, Inc.

147 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
124 more in force are now held by other companies
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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 Nov 21, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Electronic device with antenna integrated connector shroud for wireless communication of diagnostics (US 10,297,898) comes due Nov 21, 2026. Unpaid by May 21, 2027, it lapses early.
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  • 1 fee due Sep 8, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Establishing access to a secure network based on user-created credential indicia (US 9,280,643) comes due Sep 8, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 8, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 1 of the patents on this record was 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 8,494,063System and method for stacking receiver channels for increased system through-put in an RF data transmission system
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US 7,971,254Method and system for low-latency detection of viruses transmitted over a network
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US 7,697,550Peripheral device with visual indicators
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US 8,218,657System and method for automatic adjustment of streaming video bit rate
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US 7,724,201Compact diversity antenna system
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US 7,830,804Quality of service application programming interface over socket
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US 7,773,614Wireless communication subsystem with a digital interface
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US 7,916,090Antenna configurations for compact device wireless communication
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US 9,094,898Method and apparatus for scanning multi-mode wireless communication environments
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US 8,711,000Wide viewing angle indicators for network devices
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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

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