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42 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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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 Jan 9, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Device for the tool-free mounting of modules on a top-hat rail and for the destruction-free, tool-free unmounting of the same (US 10,349,541) comes due Jan 9, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 9, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Feb 13, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for reading out access authorizations or ID's from at least one customer medium by means of at least one reader of an access control device and for evaluating the selected ID's or access authorizations (US 10,382,432) comes due Feb 13, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 13, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Mar 24, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for avoiding the misuse of access authorizations of an ID-based access control system (US 10,423,955) comes due Mar 24, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 24, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Apr 15, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and system for access control with modulated lights (US 10,445,948) comes due Apr 15, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 15, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 3 fees due May 17 to 26, 2027 · next May 17
  • 1 fee due Jun 26, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Access control method for persons and system for carrying out the method (US 11,854,321) comes due Jun 26, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 27, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Aug 2, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for continuous detection of a persons presence on public transportation (US 9,251,391) comes due Aug 2, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 2, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Oct 26 to 30, 2027 · next Oct 26

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Recent changes

  • 1 of the patents on this record was granted since Aug 17, 2026
  • 1 term has ended since Aug 17, 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.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US D686,753Toll gate
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,001,724Rotating barrier
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,735,728Access control system
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,817,990Method of ordering location-specific services
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,011,797Boom barrier
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,356,746Electronic parking validation
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,174,356RFID enabled access control system
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,806,805Barrier boom implemented as bendable boom of a vehicle barrier
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,992,117Formfitting Connection with Break-Away Function in One Direction Between Two Components
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US D834,091Vending machine
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 42: 27 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 29 ended at full 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.

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