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Source Technologies, LLC

Filings on record here from 2001, where this site's data begins
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One patent currently held, every record listed here

8 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

The next term ends in Jun 2044. from the record

Of the 8 now held by other companies, 8 name Hand Held Products Inc. as their current owner. Each row says so.

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Ending by 2030
Jun 2044
Next term end
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Patent families

When these terms end

Each bar runs from grant to computed term end. 2014 to 2044.
US 8,736,650 Print Station Jun 22, 2032
US 8,730,287 Ribbon Drive Assembly Jun 22, 2032
US 8,842,142 Print Station System Aug 3, 2032
US 8,842,143 Printing System Aug 3, 2032
US 9,481,186 Automatically Adjusting Printing Parameters Using Media Identification Aug 10, 2032
US 8,810,617 Apparatus and Method for Determining and Adjusting Printhead Pressure Sep 29, 2032
US 8,829,481 Top of Form Sensor Feb 20, 2033
US 9,193,552 Synchronized Media Hanger/Guide Jun 7, 2033
US 12,217,099 Resource Allocation Optimization Using Artificial Intelligence Jun 20, 2044
20202026203220382044
2 pending applications: term is not computable until grant.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 patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Only 1 of the currently held patents qualifies as notable.

Formerly held, still cited

Notable
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 162 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data. Protection runs to 2032.
Ends Aug 2032 · High confidence
Also notable
The largest patent family in this portfolio, 8 related applications, renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2032.
Ends Jun 2032 · High confidence
Also notable
Renewed at every maintenance window since the 2014 grant; no more fees are due before its term ends in 2033.
Ends Feb 2033 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

No maintenance fee falls due on this company's record before Nov 10, 2027.

Recent changes

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

What they patent

Grouped by real patent family, largest first, labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

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US 12,217,099Resource Allocation Optimization Using Artificial Intelligence
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 · High confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 1: 8 patents in force now held by others · 2 patents ended · 2 applications pending · 3 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.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
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