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Optofluidics Inc.

First filing 2014
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0 patents currently held, every record listed here

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.

This portfolio holds none of the 9 US patents in force on its record. from the record

Of the 9 now held by other companies, 9 name Waters Technologies Corporation as their current owner. Each row says so.

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When these terms end

Each bar runs from grant to computed term end. 2021 to 2043.
US 11,513,333 System And Method For Characterizing Particulates in a Fluid Sample Feb 21, 2037
US 11,035,795 Methods for Identification of Particles in a Fluid Sample Feb 21, 2037
US 11,874,228 Methods for Identification of Particles in a Fluid Sample Feb 21, 2037
US 12,007,548 System And Method For Characterizing Particulates In A Fluid Sample Feb 21, 2037
US 11,366,047 Vacuum Manifold for Filtration Microscopy Apr 25, 2039
US 11,674,874 Vacuum Manifold for Filtration Microscopy no later than Apr 25, 2039
US 12,070,725 Vacuum Manifold for Filtration Microscopy Apr 25, 2039
US 10,890,514 Vacuum Manifold for Filtration Microscopy May 27, 2039
US 12,456,315 Methods for Distinguishing Particles in a Fluid Sample Nov 27, 2043
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A dotted end marks a recorded terminal disclaimer this site has not resolved: the term can only be shorter than the bar, never longer.
1 pending application: term is not computable until grant.Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
None of the currently held patents qualifies as notable.

Formerly held, still cited

Notable
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 25 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data. Protection runs to 2037.
Ends Feb 2037 · High confidence
Also notable
The earliest of the three still in force, granted 2022 and renewed since. Its term ends first, in 2039. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.
Ends Apr 2039 · High confidence
Also notable
Granted 2025. Too new for citation comparison; protection runs to 2043.
Ends Nov 2043 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

No maintenance fee falls due on this company's record before Nov 10, 2027.

Recent changes

Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.
Also on record: 9 patents in force now held by others · 1 application pending · 2 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.
1 terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference. No cap is applied and none is guessed
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