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Pitney Bowes Inc.

Filings on record here from 2001, where this site's data begins
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70 patents currently held

109 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.
46 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.

The next term ends in Dec 2026. from the record

Of the 109 now held by other companies, 90 name DMT Solutions Global Corporation as their current owner, and 19 more name another party. Each row says which.

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Ending by 2030
Dec 2026
Next term end
70
Patent families

When these terms end

Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents fee due within 90 days all others Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Formerly held, still cited

Notable
Cited by 71 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2034.
Ends Nov 2034 · High confidence
Also notable
Cited by 30 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2027.
Ends Nov 2027 · High confidence

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 Dec 23, 2026
    The maintenance fee for System and Method to Enable External Processing Device Running a Cloud Application to Control a Mail Processing Machine (US 9,065,801) comes due Dec 23, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 23, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Jan 4 to 14, 2027 · next Jan 4
  • 1 fee due Feb 25, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Intelligent Physical Mail Method and System (US 9,117,317) comes due Feb 25, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 25, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Mar 15, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Location-Based Service Provider Method and System Having a User Controlled Location Privacy Mechanism (US 9,137,631) comes due Mar 15, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 15, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due May 3, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and System for Determining High Precision Geo-Fencing Using Business Property Boundaries (US 9,179,257) comes due May 3, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 3, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jul 28, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Remote Postage Printing Using Efficient Load Balancing of Postage Requests (US 10,547,671) comes due Jul 28, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 28, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Sep 24 to 29, 2027 · next Sep 24

Which patents, and when each one lapses · Pro

Recent changes

  • 6 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 70 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.
PatentTitleStatusExpiresConfidence
US 7,693,839System and Method for Obtaining and Tracking Up-To The-Minute Delivery Locations of Employees via a Database System
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,581,894Method and System for Controlling Print Operations in a Mailpiece Creation System
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,567,941Document Lifecycle Tracking System and Method for Use with a Document Production Process
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,483,175Method and System for Printing Secure Value Documents and Non-Secure Documents Utilizing the Same Printing Device
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,558,761Method and System for Automatically Associating a Manually Entered Postage Amount to a Class of Service
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,555,467System and Method for Reliable Transfer of Virtual Stamps
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,591,454Paper Handling System Material Feed Path Arrangement
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,511,728Multicolored Thermal Printer, Ribbon and Media
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,533,067Control Panel Label for a Postage Printing Device
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,424,975Method for Printing Two Dimensional Barcodes to Reduce Reading Errors
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 70: 109 patents in force now held by others · 658 patents ended · 2 applications pending · 290 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.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
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