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60 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 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 Dec 25, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Electronic receipt issuing system (US 10,332,078) comes due Dec 25, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 25, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Jan 2 to 14, 2027 · next Jan 2
  • 1 fee due Mar 24, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Machine tool (US 10,421,168) comes due Mar 24, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 24, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 4 fees due Apr 1 to 29, 2027 · next Apr 1
  • 1 fee due Sep 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Lathe (US 11,919,095) comes due Sep 5, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 6, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 23, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Lathe (US 11,964,330) comes due Oct 23, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 24, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 4 of the patents on this record were granted 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.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 7,905,976Label peeling method for label paper sheet and label printer
In force
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US 7,755,316Moving member movement control apparatus, moving member movement control method and machine tool movement control apparatus
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US 7,961,341Print system, print data supplying device, and method for supplying print data to printer
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US 8,339,634Method for setting configuration data
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US D769,366Cash drawer with printer
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 9,079,436Printing apparatus with cutter mechanism
In force
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US 8,171,830Machine tool
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US 8,529,419Machine tool
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US 8,473,091Control apparatus of machine tool and method of controlling operation of the same
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US 8,634,088Print system
In force
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In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 60: 62 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 140 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.

18 pending · 2 abandoned · 39 no status recorded

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