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105 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

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.

Recorded under 2 name spellings.

Ending by 2030

Dec 2028

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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.

2 fees due Nov 16 to 23, 2026 · next Nov 16
1 fee due Dec 4, 2026
The maintenance fee for System and process for embedding electronic messages and documents with pieces of digital music automatically composed and generated by an automated music composition and generation engine driven by user-specified emotion-type and style-type musical experience descriptors (US 10,311,842) comes due Dec 4, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 4, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jan 16, 2027
The maintenance fee for Search query refinement based on user image selections (US 10,353,951) comes due Jan 16, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 16, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Feb 27, 2027
The maintenance fee for Display of suggested color palettes with images responsive to search queries (US 10,394,833) comes due Feb 27, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 27, 2027, it lapses early.
2 fees due Mar 3 to 10, 2027 · next Mar 3
6 fees due Apr 3 to 29, 2027 · next Apr 3
5 fees due May 5 to 26, 2027 · next May 5
1 fee due Jun 10, 2027
The maintenance fee for Composition aware image querying (US 10,503,775) comes due Jun 10, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 10, 2027, it lapses early.
2 fees due Jul 28, 2027
1 fee due Aug 4, 2027
The maintenance fee for Image search using intersected predicted queries (US 10,552,478) comes due Aug 4, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 4, 2028, it lapses early.
2 fees due Sep 10 to 24, 2027 · next Sep 10
2 fees due Oct 14, 2027

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Recent changes

1 of the patents on this record was granted since Aug 16, 2026
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 7,797,635	Electronic search interface technology In force Term ends Dec 9, 2028 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Dec 9, 2028	From the USPTO record
US 7,908,559	Electronic search interface technology In force Term ends Dec 9, 2028 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Dec 9, 2028	From the USPTO record
US 8,495,499	Electronic search interface technology In force Term ends May 17, 2029 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends May 17, 2029	From the USPTO record
US 7,934,161	Electronic search interface technology In force Term ends Oct 13, 2029 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Oct 13, 2029	From the USPTO record
US 9,454,608	Electronic search interface technology In force Term ends Apr 7, 2030 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Apr 7, 2030	From the USPTO record
US 9,652,558	Lexicon based systems and methods for intelligent media search In force Term ends Dec 28, 2032 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Dec 28, 2032	From the USPTO record
US 9,183,261	Lexicon based systems and methods for intelligent media search In force Term ends Jan 9, 2033 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jan 9, 2033	From the USPTO record
US 9,183,215	Mosaic display systems and methods for intelligent media search In force Term ends Nov 8, 2033 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Nov 8, 2033	From the USPTO record
US 9,990,377	Content based systems and methods for conducting spectrum color based image search In force Ends no later than Mar 12, 2034 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Mar 12, 2034	From the USPTO record
US 10,546,404	Mosaic Display System Using Open and Closed Rectangles for Placing Media Files in Continuous Contact In force Term ends Mar 12, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 12, 2034	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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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.

5 pending · 2 abandoned · 3 no status recorded

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