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23 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
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 19, 2026
    The maintenance fee for System for Producing a Packaged Item with an Identifier (US 9,033,213) comes due Nov 19, 2026. Unpaid by May 19, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due May 26, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Item Label with a Tag (US 10,490,108) comes due May 26, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 26, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Aug 2, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Labeling and Authenticating Using a Microtag (US 9,251,452) comes due Aug 2, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 2, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Sep 8, 2027

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Recent changes

  • 2 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 8,636,213Labeling and Authenticating Using a Microtag
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,833,656Labeling and Authenticating Using a Microtag
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,251,452Labeling and Authenticating Using a Microtag
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,501,670Labeling and Authenticating Using a Microtag
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,798,903Labeling and Authenticating Using a Microtag
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,078,766Labeling and Authenticating Using a Microtag
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,488,242Optically Variable Device with Diffraction-Based Micro-Optics, Method of Creating the Same, and Article Employing the Same
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,511,557Labeling and Authenticating Using a Microtag
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,991,697System for Verifying an Item in a Package
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,430,771System for Verifying an Item in a Package
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 23: 2 ended at full term · 1 past the fee grace period. 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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