Phoenix Technologies Emea Limited

20 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Ending by 2030

Oct 2031

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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.

3 fees due Feb 18, 2027
1 fee due Jun 3, 2027
The maintenance fee for Securing a Host Machine Against Direct Memory Access (DMA) Attacks via Expansion Card Slots (US 10,496,853) comes due Jun 3, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 3, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Sep 22, 2027
The maintenance fee for Wireless Debugging and Updating of Firmware (US 9,292,411) comes due Sep 22, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 22, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

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

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 8,601,255	Approaches for Updating Bios In force Term ends Oct 10, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 10, 2031	High confidence
US 8,484,631	Supporting Hardware Configuration Changes in a Uefi Firmware Component In force Term ends Dec 16, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 16, 2031	High confidence
US 8,490,116	Emulating Legacy Video Using Uefi In force Term ends Jan 26, 2032 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 26, 2032	High confidence
US 8,726,258	Supporting Multiple Hardware Components in Uefi In force Term ends Mar 20, 2032 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 20, 2032	High confidence
US 8,560,822	Pre-Boot Operating Environment In force Term ends May 26, 2032 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 26, 2032	High confidence
US 9,389,878	Pre-Boot Management of Drivers and Programs In force Term ends Jun 1, 2032 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 1, 2032	High confidence
US 8,918,907	Approaches for Firmware to Trust an Application In force Term ends Aug 14, 2032 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 14, 2032	High confidence
US 8,972,210	Power Management Module and Power Supply Apparatus In force Term ends Aug 17, 2032 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 17, 2032	High confidence
US 8,874,892	Assessing Bios Information Prior to Reversion In force Term ends Sep 4, 2032 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 4, 2032	High confidence
US 9,110,678	Automated BIOS Enhancements and Upgrades In force Term ends Feb 17, 2033 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 17, 2033	High confidence

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Sources and methods

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Published applications

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