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24 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 16, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Modular Articulating Gripper (US 11,648,688) comes due Nov 16, 2026. Unpaid by May 17, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Dec 27, 2026
  • 1 fee due Apr 27, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Pin clamp with multi-thickness clamping feature (US 9,168,621) comes due Apr 27, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 27, 2027, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 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 7,815,176Lock mechanism for pin clamp assembly
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,561,974Pin clamp assembly
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,152,214Gripper with Self-Compensating Jaw Guides
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,136,803Armover clamp assembly
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,376,336Strip Off Pin Clamp
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,366,085Pin locating assembly
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,413,970Pin clamp assembly
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,905,452Gripper with force-multiplying mechanism
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,902,032Pin clamp with multi-thickness clamping feature
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,902,048Pin clamp with multi-thickness clamping feature
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 24: 16 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 51 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.

2 pending · 6 no status recorded

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