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Tektronix, Inc.

Filings on record here from 2001, where this site's data begins
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394 patents currently held

108 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 Nov 2026. from the record

Of the 108 now held by other companies, 75 name Netscout Systems Texas LLC as their current owner, and 33 more name another party. Each row says which.

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Ending by 2030
Nov 2026
Next term end
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Patent families

When these terms end

Held patents by the year their term ends
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
Test and Measurement Devices, Systems, and Methods Associated with Augmented Reality US 11,187,720
Cited by 25 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data. Protection runs to 2038.
Ends Aug 2038 · High confidence Also notable
Plug for Accessory-Host Interface US D673,120
Granted 2012. Computed term ends 2026.
Ends Dec 2026 · High confidence Also notable
Probe Tip and Probe Assembly US 10,241,133
Granted 2019 and renewed at 2 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2034.
Ends Dec 2034 · Medium 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.
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  • 1 fee due Nov 10, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Deriving Hardware Acceleration of Decoding from a Declarative Protocol Description (US 9,338,076) comes due Nov 10, 2027. Unpaid by May 10, 2028, it lapses early.

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What they patent

The 5 largest of its 313 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
Optical Transmitter Tuning Using Machine Learning and Reference Parameters7 in forceto Apr 2044
Signal Acquisition System Having Reduced Probe Loading of a Device Under Test7 in forceto Mar 2030
Test and Measurement Instrument Including Asynchronous Time-Interleaved Digitizer Using Harmonic Mixing6 in forceto May 2032
Test and Measurement Instrument and Accessories5 in forceto Feb 2041
Multi-Segmented Rogowski-Coil Current Sensor4 in forceto Feb 2044

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.
PatentTitleStatusExpiresConfidence
US D671,021RF Input/Output Connector Receptacle and Control Buttons for a Measurement Instrument
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,620,509Detection of Time-Frequency Codes Using a Spectrogram
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US D672,718Plug for Accessory-Host Interface
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US D672,719Plug for Accessory-Host Interface
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US D672,720Plug for Accessory-Host Interface
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US D672,721Keyed Plug for Accessory-Host Interface
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US D672,722Keyed Plug for Accessory-Host Interface
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US D672,723Keyed Plug for Accessory-Host Interface
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US D673,119Plug for Accessory-Host Interface
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US D673,120Plug for Accessory-Host Interface
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 394: 108 patents in force now held by others · 469 patents ended · 110 applications pending · 102 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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