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78 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026
9 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 Jan 21, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Anti-jamming subsystem employing an antenna array with a horizontal circular reception pattern (US 9,086,477) comes due Jan 21, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 21, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Feb 25, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Low latency centralized RTK system (US 9,116,228) comes due Feb 25, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 25, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Mar 22, 2027
    The maintenance fee for System for determining precise position including a chirp receiver utilizing phase precessed chirp signals (US 9,140,797) comes due Mar 22, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 22, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 5 fees due Apr 6 to 29, 2027 · next Apr 6
  • 2 fees due May 10, 2027
  • 1 fee due Jun 1, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Spherical pin-hole model for use with camera lens image data (US 9,202,123) comes due Jun 1, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 1, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Jul 14 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 14
  • 2 fees due Aug 20, 2027
  • 4 fees due Sep 3 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 3
  • 1 fee due Oct 9, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Antenna with tilted beam for use on angled surfaces (US 11,955,713) comes due Oct 9, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 10, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 1 of the patents on this record was granted since Aug 17, 2026
  • 1 term has ended since Aug 17, 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 7,460,615Spatial and time multiplexing of multi-band signals
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 8,467,433Apparatus for and method of making pulse-shape measurements
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,738,537Apparatus for and method of determining quadrature code timing from pulse-shape measurements made using an in-phase code
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 7,656,349Enhancement of GNSS position determination in poor signal propagation environments
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 8,159,397System for determining position using two way time transfer signals
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 7,671,791GPS receiver for use with differential-GPS signals
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 7,738,606System and method for making correlation measurements utilizing pulse shape measurements
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 7,668,228Apparatus for and method of correlating to rising chip edges
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,949,011Helicopter ship board landing system
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,885,317AltBoc receiver
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 78: 9 patents in force now held by others · 9 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 51 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.

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