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TDK Electronics AG

399 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
48 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.

Recorded under 4 name spellings.

Previously recorded as Epcos AG (to 2019)

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Apr 2027
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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.
  • 2 fees due Nov 14 to 19, 2026 · next Nov 14
  • 8 fees due Dec 9 to 25, 2026 · next Dec 9
  • 6 fees due Jan 16 to 25, 2027 · next Jan 16
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  • 10 fees due Aug 4 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 4
  • 13 fees due Sep 3 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 3
  • 9 fees due Oct 5 to 28, 2027 · next Oct 5
  • 2 fees due Nov 10, 2027

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Recent changes

  • 6 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
  • 7 terms have ended 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 7,719,851Electronics Module and Method for Manufacturing the Same
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,898,822Holder for Electric Components
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,906,751Solar Sensor Including First and Additional Modulators
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,986,213Multi-Layered Component with Several Varistors Having Different Capacities as an ESD Protection Element
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,373,100Heating Element
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,034,210Feedstock and Method for Preparing the Feedstock
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,985,021Probe
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,080,927Device and Module for Protecting Against Lightning and Overvoltages
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,305,695Current-Compensated Choke and Circuit Arrangement with a Current-Compensated Choke
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,154,379Electrical PTC Thermistor Component, and Method for the Production Thereof
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 399: 48 patents in force now held by others · 65 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 347 ended at full term · 1 past the fee grace period. 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.

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