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Ending by 2030
Jun 2027
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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.
- 2 fees due Dec 6 to 13, 2026 · next Dec 6
- 4 fees due Jan 2 to 23, 2027 · next Jan 2
- 1 fee due Feb 8, 2027The maintenance fee for Panoramic gonioscopic imaging (US 11,717,159) comes due Feb 8, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 9, 2027, it lapses early.
- 5 fees due Mar 3 to 22, 2027 · next Mar 3
- 1 fee due Apr 22, 2027The maintenance fee for Multiple off-axis channel optical imaging device with rotational montage (US 10,448,828) comes due Apr 22, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 22, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due May 3, 2027The maintenance fee for Alignment apparatus (US 9,173,561) comes due May 3, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 3, 2027, it lapses early.
- 3 fees due Jul 2 to 12, 2027 · next Jul 2
- 1 fee due Aug 6, 2027The maintenance fee for Confidence map generation for segmented optical coherence tomographic data (US 11,893,663) comes due Aug 6, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 7, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Sep 1, 2027The maintenance fee for Laser scanning systems (US 9,271,644) comes due Sep 1, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 1, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Oct 7, 2027The maintenance fee for Multiple off-axis channel optical imaging device with secondary fixation target for small pupils (US 10,610,094) comes due Oct 7, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 7, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Nov 7, 2027The maintenance fee for Ophthalmic imaging system (US 11,974,810) comes due Nov 7, 2027. Unpaid by May 8, 2028, it lapses early.
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.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,959,290 | Scanning ophthalmoscopes In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,980,694 | Functional imaging of the retina In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,649,629 | Optical imaging apparatus with spectral detector In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,841,719 | Method and apparatus for determining the shape, distance and orientation of an object In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,094,320 | En-face OCT with parallel detector array In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,690,791 | Method for performing micro-perimetry and visual acuity testing In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,442,284 | Swept source OCT apparatus In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,997,729 | Method for correcting patient motion when obtaining retina volume using optical coherence tomography In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,872,761 | Method for reliable optical coherence tomography scans of volumes of retinal tissue In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,422,023 | Compact high resolution imaging apparatus In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record |
Also on record, not counted in the 96: 1 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 12 ended at full term. List them
Sources and methods
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How this record was built
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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.
24 pending · 1 abandoned · 5 no status recorded