430 patents currently held

1 more in force is now held by another company

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

The next term ends in Jan 2027. from the record

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Ending by 2030

Jan 2027

Next term end

260

Patent families

When these terms end

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Held patents by the year their term ends

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notable patents fee due within 90 days all others 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: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Notable

Forming Crowds and Providing Access to Crowd Data in a Mobile Environment US 9,098,723

Cited by 430 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2031.

Ends Jan 2031 · High confidence Also notable

Method and System for Secure Transactions US 9,852,426

Cited by 89 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2029. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.

Ends Feb 2029 · High confidence Also notable

Method and System for Communicating Location of a Mobile Device for Hands-Free Payment US 8,838,477

Cited by 259 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2032.

Ends Jun 2032 · High confidence

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.

3 fees due Nov 30, 2026
5 fees due Dec 4 to 13, 2026 · next Dec 4
12 fees due Jan 4 to 28, 2027 · next Jan 4
8 fees due Feb 1 to 27, 2027 · next Feb 1
10 fees due Mar 3 to 24, 2027 · next Mar 3
7 fees due Apr 3 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 3
15 fees due May 5 to 24, 2027 · next May 5
7 fees due Jun 3 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 3
8 fees due Jul 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 2
8 fees due Aug 4 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 4
3 fees due Sep 19 to 22, 2027 · next Sep 19
1 fee due Oct 23, 2027
The maintenance fee for Secure Data Management for Sensitive Information (US 11,966,908) comes due Oct 23, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 24, 2028, it lapses early.
1 fee due Nov 10, 2027
The maintenance fee for System And Method For Automated Location-Based Widgets (US 9,338,601) comes due Nov 10, 2027. Unpaid by May 10, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

31 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
6 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 260 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

System and Methods to Prevent Unauthorized Usage of Card Readers	9 in force	to May 2038
Method and System for Securing Payment Transactions	9 in force	to Apr 2030
Systems and Methods of Displaying Document Chunks in Response to a Search Request	7 in force	to Nov 2032
System and Method for Indicating Entry of Personal Identification Number	6 in force	to May 2039
System and Method to Protect Privacy of Personal-Identification-Number Entry on Consumer Mobile Device and Computing Apparatus	6 in force	to Jan 2038

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US RE44,669	Systems and Method for Secure Wireless Payment Transactions In force Term ends Jan 18, 2027 · Low confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 18, 2027	Low confidence
US 7,996,268	Apparatus and Method for an Electronic Telephone Wallet In force Term ends Jan 30, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 30, 2027	High confidence
US 7,672,119	Folding User Interface In force Term ends Dec 26, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 26, 2027	High confidence
US 7,720,351	Preservation and Improvement of Television Advertising in Digital Environment In force Term ends Feb 7, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 7, 2028	High confidence
US D700,606	Magnetic Card Reader with a Flange Antenna In force Term ends Mar 4, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 4, 2028	High confidence
US 8,819,365	Flexible Data Storage System In force Term ends Apr 28, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 28, 2028	High confidence
US 9,405,627	Flexible Data Storage System In force Term ends Apr 28, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 28, 2028	High confidence
US 9,448,886	Flexible Data Storage System In force Term ends Apr 28, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 28, 2028	High confidence
US 8,442,996	Methods for Granting Access to Resources Modifiable by Users in a Computer Environment, and Resources Structured Therefore In force Term ends Jun 7, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 7, 2028	High confidence
US 8,938,523	System and Method for Deploying and Maintaining Software Applications In force Term ends Aug 28, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 28, 2028	High confidence

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Also on record, not counted in the 430: 1 patent in force now held by others · 96 patents ended · 116 applications pending · 39 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.

Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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