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Sphere Fluidics Limited

11 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
2 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.
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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 Nov 23, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Droplet sorting based on ionization mass spectrometry (US 11,656,167) comes due Nov 23, 2026. Unpaid by May 24, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due May 21, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Fluorosurfactants (US 11,820,863) comes due May 21, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 22, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jul 28, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Droplet sorting based on ionization mass spectrometry (US 10,545,083) comes due Jul 28, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 28, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Sep 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Droplet dispensing systems (US 11,919,001) comes due Sep 5, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 6, 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 9,513,207Emulsion
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,545,083Droplet sorting based on ionization mass spectrometry
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,247,655Microfluidic devices and systems
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 11,656,167Droplet sorting based on ionization mass spectrometry
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 11,077,441Methods for processing droplets containing biological entities
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,828,640Microfluidic structures
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 12,110,441Surfactant
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 11,919,001Droplet dispensing systems
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 11,820,863Fluorosurfactants
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 12,190,572Droplet Processing Methods and Systems
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh 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.

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.

4 pending · 1 abandoned · 3 no status recorded

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