Maintenance fees coming due

PFU Limited

91 maintenance fees come due in the 12 months from Nov 14, 2026, the next on Nov 26, 2026. Unpaid by May 26, 2027, that one lapses early.

A maintenance fee does not end a patent on its due date. It falls due at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant, and the patent lapses only if the fee is still unpaid at the end of the six month grace period that follows.

Patent	Title	Holder	Status	Fee due	Lapses if unpaid	Expires	Confidence
US 9,039,010	Paper Conveying Apparatus, Jam Detection Method, and Computer-Readable, Non-Transitory Medium PFU Limited In force Fee due Nov 26, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 26, 2027 Term ends Aug 8, 2033 · High confidence	PFU Limited	In force	Nov 26, 2026	May 26, 2027	Term ends Aug 8, 2033	High confidence
US 9,047,265	Device, Method, and Computer Readable Medium for Creating Forms PFU Limited In force Fee due Dec 2, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 2, 2027 Term ends Jun 1, 2032 · High confidence	PFU Limited	In force	Dec 2, 2026	Jun 2, 2027	Term ends Jun 1, 2032	High confidence
US 9,049,129	Node Monitoring Apparatus, Node Monitoring Method, and Computer Readable Medium PFU Limited In force Fee due Dec 2, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 2, 2027 Term ends Jan 31, 2032 · High confidence	PFU Limited	In force	Dec 2, 2026	Jun 2, 2027	Term ends Jan 31, 2032	High confidence
US 9,055,138	Information Processing Device, Information Processing Method, and Computer Readable Medium PFU Limited In force Fee due Dec 9, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 9, 2027 Term ends Jul 9, 2033 · High confidence	PFU Limited	In force	Dec 9, 2026	Jun 9, 2027	Term ends Jul 9, 2033	High confidence
US 11,673,758	Medium Conveying Apparatus Including Tray Pulled Out by Sliding Two Protrusion Between Rails PFU Limited In force Fee due Dec 13, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 14, 2027 Term ends Oct 8, 2041 · High confidence	PFU Limited	In force	Dec 13, 2026	Jun 14, 2027	Term ends Oct 8, 2041	High confidence
US 11,673,759	Medium Ejecting Apparatus Including Stopper to Rise in Response to Operation of Tray PFU Limited In force Fee due Dec 13, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 14, 2027 Term ends Oct 13, 2041 · High confidence	PFU Limited	In force	Dec 13, 2026	Jun 14, 2027	Term ends Oct 13, 2041	High confidence
US 10,332,263	Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium PFU Limited In force Fee due Dec 25, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 25, 2027 Term ends Jul 23, 2037 · High confidence	PFU Limited	In force	Dec 25, 2026	Jun 25, 2027	Term ends Jul 23, 2037	High confidence
US 9,071,697	Scanner System PFU Limited In force Fee due Dec 30, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 30, 2027 Term ends Jun 15, 2031 · High confidence	PFU Limited	In force	Dec 30, 2026	Jun 30, 2027	Term ends Jun 15, 2031	High confidence
US 9,077,926	Image Processing Method and Image Processing Apparatus PFU Limited In force Fee due Jan 7, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Jul 7, 2027 Term ends Nov 15, 2033 · High confidence	PFU Limited	In force	Jan 7, 2027	Jul 7, 2027	Term ends Nov 15, 2033	High confidence
US 10,348,918	Image Reading Apparatus PFU Limited In force Fee due Jan 9, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Jul 9, 2027 Term ends Apr 25, 2036 · High confidence	PFU Limited	In force	Jan 9, 2027	Jul 9, 2027	Term ends Apr 25, 2036	High confidence
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