21 patents currently held

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

The next term ends in Sep 2029. from the record

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notable patents 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.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Notable

Method for Performing Electron Beam Lithography US 8,361,699

The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 30 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data. Protection runs to 2029.

Ends Sep 2029 · High confidence Also notable

Structured and Diffuse Light Generation US 11,774,060

The newest of the three, granted 2023. It anchors the portfolio to 2041, later than anything else here.

Ends Aug 2041 · High confidence Also notable

Injection Molding Tools with Micro/Nano-Meter Pattern US 9,268,215

Granted 2016 and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2032.

Ends Dec 2032 · High confidence

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 Apr 3, 2027
The maintenance fee for Structured and Diffuse Light Generation (US 11,774,060) comes due Apr 3, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 4, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Aug 23, 2027
The maintenance fee for Injection Molding Tools with Micro/Nano-Meter Pattern (US 9,268,215) comes due Aug 23, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 23, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

Nov 2Assignment recorded on 1 record: Mattinson, Fredrik to Nil Technology APS Recorded Nov 2, 2026, executed Apr 17, 2026. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76593, frame 340.
9 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 20 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Optical Devices Including Metastructures and Methods for Fabricating the Optical Devices	2 in force	to Jun 2041
Optical Elements Including Psuedorandom-Shaped Meta-Atoms	1 in force	to Jun 2044
Metastructure Optical Elements, Metastructure Optical Assemblies, and Methods of Manufacturing the Same	1 in force	to Sep 2043
Optical Structures That Include an Anti-Reflective Coating on Tapered Meta-Atoms	1 in force	to Sep 2043
Electrostatic Clamping of Electrically Insulating Substrates	1 in force	to Jul 2043

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 8,361,699	Method for Performing Electron Beam Lithography In force Term ends Sep 7, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 7, 2029	High confidence
US 9,268,215	Injection Molding Tools with Micro/Nano-Meter Pattern In force Term ends Dec 11, 2032 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 11, 2032	High confidence
US 12,607,928	Metasurface Coatings In force Term ends Jun 12, 2041 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 12, 2041	High confidence
US 12,541,040	Optical Devices Including Metastructures and Methods for Fabricating the Optical Devices In force Term ends Jun 16, 2041 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 16, 2041	High confidence
US 12,748,240	Optical Devices Including Metastructures and Methods for Fabricating the Optical Devices In force Term ends Jun 16, 2041 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 16, 2041	High confidence
US 11,774,060	Structured and Diffuse Light Generation In force Term ends Aug 20, 2041 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 20, 2041	High confidence
US 12,411,272	Diffractive Optical Elements and Methods for Manufacturing Diffractive Optical Elements In force Term ends Oct 8, 2041 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 8, 2041	High confidence
US 12,607,779	Seed Structures for Structured Coatings for Optical and Other Devices In force Term ends Nov 9, 2041 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 9, 2041	High confidence
US 12,372,800	Diffractive Optical Elements In force Term ends May 2, 2042 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 2, 2042	High confidence
US 12,757,509	Image Capture Apparatus and Methods Using Color Co-Site Sampling In force Term ends Jul 4, 2042 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 4, 2042	High confidence

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Also on record, not counted in the 21: 1 patent ended · 42 applications pending · 4 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.

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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