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Softex, Inc.

14 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 2 name spellings.

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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 Jun 1, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Methods, systems, and apparatuses for managing a hard drive security system (US 9,202,059) comes due Jun 1, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 1, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 23, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Integrated Cybersecurity System and Method for Providing Restricted Client Access to a Website (US 11,968,196) comes due Oct 23, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 24, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

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

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 8,516,235Basic input/output system read only memory image integration system and method
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US 8,137,410Electronic device disabling system and method
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US 8,065,511Electronic device communication system and method
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US 8,078,860Encoding and decoding data system and method
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US 8,529,635Electronic device security and tracking system and method
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US 8,506,649Electronic device security and tracking system and method
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US 8,145,892Providing an electronic device security and tracking system and method
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US 8,361,166Providing electronic device security and tracking information
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US 8,163,035Interference management for an electronic device security and tracking system and method
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US 8,292,969Electronic device protection system and method
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Also on record, not counted in the 14: 1 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 8 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.

1 abandoned · 1 no status recorded

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