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40 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026
5 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 Nov 30, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Photonic processing of RF signals using polychromatic coherent optical source (US 11,664,898) comes due Nov 30, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 1, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Dec 13, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Dual Lidar and radar photonic instrument (US 11,675,069) comes due Dec 13, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 14, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jan 7, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Signal filters in double pass and sagnac configurations (US 9,077,447) comes due Jan 7, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 7, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jul 12, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Measuring Phase Noise in Radio Frequency, Microwave or Millimeter Signals Based on Photonic Delay (US 9,234,937) comes due Jul 12, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 12, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 2 terms have 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 7,460,746Tunable Multi-Loop Opto-Electronic Oscillator with Tunable RF or Microwave Filter Based on Optical Filtering
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,634,201Wideband Receiver Based on Photonics Technology
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,587,144Tunable Radio Frequency and Microwave Photonic Filters
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,442,088Diffractive Grating Coupled Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,111,722Low-Noise RF Oscillation and Optical Comb Generation Based on Nonlinear Optical Resonator
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,965,745RF and Microwave Receivers Based on Electro-Optic Optical Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,801,189Cross Modulation-Based Opto-Electronic Oscillator with Tunable Electro-Optic Optical Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,289,616Optical Devices Based on Optically Coupled Optical Whispering Gallery-Mode Resonators Formed on a Rod
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,311,376Optical Devices Based on Connected and Optically Coupled Optical Whispering-Gallery-Mode Resonators Formed on a Rod
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,761,555Wide-Band RF Photonic Receivers and Other Devices Using Two Optical Modes of Different Quality Factors
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 40: 5 patents in force now held by others · 6 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 16 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 · 2 abandoned · 6 no status recorded

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