Pixar
12 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.
49
Ending by 2030
Nov 2026
Next term end
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
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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.
- 5 fees due Dec 4 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 4
- 3 fees due Jan 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 2
- 2 fees due Feb 4 to 15, 2027 · next Feb 4
- 1 fee due Mar 8, 2027The maintenance fee for Computer-generated imagery using hierarchical models and rigging (US 9,128,516) comes due Mar 8, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 8, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Apr 8 to 29, 2027 · next Apr 8
- 4 fees due May 3 to 24, 2027 · next May 3
- 5 fees due Jun 1 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 1
- 2 fees due Jul 5 to 19, 2027 · next Jul 5
- 1 fee due Aug 2, 2027The maintenance fee for Skin and flesh simulation using finite elements, biphasic materials, and rest state retargeting (US 9,251,618) comes due Aug 2, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 2, 2028, it lapses early.
- 7 fees due Sep 3 to 26, 2027 · next Sep 3
- 4 fees due Oct 2 to 19, 2027 · next Oct 2
Recent changes
- 2 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 6 terms have 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 8,164,590 | Methods and apparatus for determining high quality sampling data from low quality sampling data In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,885,454 | Recursive filters on GPUs In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,244,029 | Recursive filters on GPUs In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,405,676 | Techniques for interior coordinates In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,577,955 | Renderfarm monitoring system In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,483,030 | Interactive spacetime constraints: wiggly splines In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,836,086 | Layering and referencing of scene description In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,217,958 | Methods and apparatus for invising objects in computer animation In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 8,902,969 | Home-video digital-master package In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 7,580,986 | Dependency graph-based aggregate asset status reporting methods and apparatus In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record |
Also on record, not counted in the 159: 12 patents in force now held by others · 93 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 96 ended at full term · 2 surrendered on reissue · 1 with no computed 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.
1 pending · 12 no status recorded