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Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.

29 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
1 more in force is now held by another company
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 2 name spellings.

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Ending by 2030
Nov 2028
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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 Feb 25, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Information display device and display driving method (US 9,117,420) comes due Feb 25, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 25, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Apr 13, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Code symbol reading apparatus, code symbol reading method and medium (US 9,158,955) comes due Apr 13, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 13, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due May 3 to 19, 2027 · next May 3
  • 2 fees due Jun 15 to 29, 2027 · next Jun 15
  • 1 fee due Aug 18, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Optical information reading apparatus and optical information reading method (US 10,565,417) comes due Aug 18, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 18, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Sep 15, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Image reading device capable of producing illumination including a continuous, low-intensity level illumination component and one or more pulsed, high-intensity level illumination components (US 9,286,497) comes due Sep 15, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 15, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 2 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
  • 1 term has 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 8,500,027High speed optical code reading
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US D735,197Optical information reader
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,912,886Power management system for electronic shelf labels and the like
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,827,161Optimized illumination for an omniscanner
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,517,270Optical assembly and optical-information-reading device
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,864,035Optical information reader and optical information reading method
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,361,504Optical information reading device, optical information reading method, computer-readable program and recording medium
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,286,497Image reading device capable of producing illumination including a continuous, low-intensity level illumination component and one or more pulsed, high-intensity level illumination components
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,177,187Variable gain amplifier for bar code reader
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,117,420Information display device and display driving method
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 29: 1 patent in force now held by others · 36 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 4 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.

4 pending · 16 no status recorded

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