Qinstruments GmbH

7 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

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

Previously recorded as Quantifoil Instruments GmbH (to 2021)

Ending by 2030

Mar 2029

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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 Mar 8 to 15, 2027 · next Mar 8

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

Patents held now

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Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 8,323,588	Sample handling device for and methods of handling a sample In force Term ends Mar 9, 2029 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Mar 9, 2029	From the USPTO record
US 9,126,200	Positioning device for a sample carrier In force Ends no later than Mar 18, 2030 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Mar 18, 2030	From the USPTO record
US 9,132,428	Positioning device for a sample carrier In force Term ends Apr 2, 2030 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Apr 2, 2030	From the USPTO record
US 9,126,162	Positioning unit for a functional unit In force Ends no later than Mar 16, 2031 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Mar 16, 2031	From the USPTO record
US 9,371,889	Mechanism for generating an orbital motion or a rotation motion by inversing a drive direction of a drive unit In force Term ends Mar 30, 2033 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Mar 30, 2033	From the USPTO record
US 10,239,063	Application-Specific Sample Processing by Modules Surrounding a Rotor Mechanism for Sample Mixing and Sample Separation In force Term ends Aug 8, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 8, 2035	High confidence
US 10,052,598	Cog-based mechanism for generating an orbital shaking motion In force Term ends Nov 8, 2035 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Nov 8, 2035	From the USPTO record

Sources and methods

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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.

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