58 patents currently held
1 more in force is now held by another company
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
2 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.
The next term ends in Oct 2027. from the record
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Ending by 2030
Oct 2027
Next term end
40
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
Notable
Ends Mar 2028 · Medium confidence
Also notable
Ends Jun 2038 · Medium confidence
Also notable
Ends Feb 2041 · High confidence
Latent Semantic Clustering
US 7,844,566
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 142 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data. Protection runs to 2028.
Automatic Document Classification
US 11,574,287
Cited by 3 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2038.
Identifying Documents That Contain Potential Code Words Using a Machine Learning Model
US 11,625,534
Cited by 4 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2041.
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 Jan 11, 2027The maintenance fee for Methods and Systems for Facilitating Family-Based Review (US 11,699,132) comes due Jan 11, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 12, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Mar 12, 2027The maintenance fee for System and Method for Fingerprinting-Based Conversation Threading (US 11,755,550) comes due Mar 12, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 13, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Apr 24, 2027The maintenance fee for Systems and Methods for Pre-Loading Object Models (US 11,797,635) comes due Apr 24, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 25, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Jul 23, 2027The maintenance fee for System and Method for Building and Implementing Automated Workflows (US 11,880,323) comes due Jul 23, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 24, 2028, it lapses early.
- 3 fees due Aug 13 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 13
- 2 fees due Sep 5 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 5
Recent changes
- 3 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 40 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Methods and Systems for Determining Stopping Point | 3 in force | to Mar 2041 |
| Identifying Documents That Contain Potential Code Words Using a Machine Learning Model | 3 in force | to Feb 2041 |
| System and Method for Fingerprinting-Based Conversation Threading | 3 in force | to Nov 2038 |
| Document Locking and Cache Memory Management in Cloud Computing | 2 in force | to Jul 2042 |
| Systems and Methods for Pre-Loading Object Models | 2 in force | to Apr 2042 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,765,098 | Machine Translation Using Vector Space Representations In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,844,566 | Latent Semantic Clustering In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US D818,492 | Portion of a Computer Screen with an Animated Icon In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D826,268 | Portion of a Computer Screen With an Icon Image In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D828,391 | Display Screen With an Icon Image In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,471,297 | Methods and Apparatus for Uninstalling a Software Application In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,749,257 | Method and Apparatus for Dynamically Deploying Software Agents In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,665,605 | Methods and Apparatus for Building a Search Index for a Database In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,785,833 | System and Method for Textual Near-Duplicate Grouping of Documents In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,242,261 | System and Method for Textual Near-Duplicate Grouping of Documents In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 58: 1 patent in force now held by others · 7 patents ended · 33 applications pending · 7 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.