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89 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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Dec 2026

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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 28, 2026
The maintenance fee for Center Pivot Irrigation System with Uniformity of Application of Water Under the Corner Arm (US 10,299,445) comes due Nov 28, 2026. Unpaid by May 28, 2027, it lapses early.
3 fees due Dec 16 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 16
2 fees due Jan 16 to 25, 2027 · next Jan 16
2 fees due Feb 6 to 13, 2027 · next Feb 6
1 fee due Apr 17, 2027
The maintenance fee for Techniques for Maintaining Offsets in Vehicle Formations (US 11,787,445) comes due Apr 17, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 18, 2027, it lapses early.
2 fees due May 14 to 26, 2027 · next May 14
1 fee due Jun 15, 2027
The maintenance fee for Automatic Obstacle Location Mapping (US 9,213,905) comes due Jun 15, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 15, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jul 26, 2027
The maintenance fee for Rudder-Assisted Steering For Self-Propelled Drainage Equipment (US 9,242,669) comes due Jul 26, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 26, 2028, it lapses early.
1 fee due Nov 10, 2027
The maintenance fee for Active Imaging Systems for Plant Growth Monitoring (US 9,336,584) comes due Nov 10, 2027. Unpaid by May 10, 2028, 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.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,661,516	Pneumatically Actuated Clutch In force Term ends Dec 2, 2026 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 2, 2026	High confidence
US 7,661,517	Pneumatically Actuated Clutch In force Term ends Dec 29, 2026 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 29, 2026	High confidence
US 7,844,378	Farm Apparatus Having Implement Sidehill Drift Compensation In force Term ends Jan 19, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 19, 2027	High confidence
US 8,489,290	Farm sidehill compensation In force Term ends May 10, 2027 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends May 10, 2027	From the USPTO record
US 7,640,088	Method and System for Controlling Steering Deadband in a Mobile Machine In force Term ends Nov 20, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 20, 2027	High confidence
US 8,275,526	Planter assembly with selectively actuated output In force Term ends Apr 28, 2028 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Apr 28, 2028	From the USPTO record
US 8,145,396	Planter assembly with selectively actuated output In force Term ends Jun 9, 2028 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jun 9, 2028	From the USPTO record
US 7,925,404	Planter Assembly with Selectively Actuated Output In force Term ends Jul 1, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 1, 2028	High confidence
US 7,766,240	Case-Level Traceability Without the Need for Inline Printing In force Term ends Jul 19, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 19, 2028	High confidence
US 9,684,730	Systems and Methods for Determining Food Miles In force Term ends Sep 8, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 8, 2028	High confidence

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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.

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