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Teledyne Instruments, Inc.

89 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026
9 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 7 name spellings.

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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 30, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Low frequency sound source for long-range glider communication and networking (US 11,661,160) comes due Nov 30, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 1, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Dec 16, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Harsh environment connector with seal closure assisting device (US 9,057,864) comes due Dec 16, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 16, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Jan 7 to 16, 2027 · next Jan 7
  • 2 fees due Feb 4 to 25, 2027 · next Feb 4
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  • 2 fees due May 12, 2027
  • 1 fee due Jun 1, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Flexible container inspection (US 9,200,993) comes due Jun 1, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 1, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Jul 23 to 26, 2027 · next Jul 23
  • 1 fee due Aug 2, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Multilayer jacket for marine acoustic array applications (US 9,250,338) comes due Aug 2, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 2, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Sep 1, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Flexible lid seal integrity sensor (US 9,274,023) comes due Sep 1, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 1, 2028, it lapses early.

Which patents, and when each one lapses · Pro

Recent changes

  • 2 terms have ended since Aug 17, 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 7,542,374System and method for acoustic Doppler velocity processing with a phased array transducer including applying correction factors to velocities orthogonal to the transducer face
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 7,481,584Dry mate connector
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,570,543Normally closed pressure-sensitive hydrophone switch
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US D688,963Sampling machine
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,539,082System and method for acoustic Doppler velocity processing with a phased array transducer including using a wide bandwidth pulse transmission to resolve ambiguity in a narrow bandwidth velocity estimate
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 · From the USPTO record
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US RE45,823System and method of acoustic doppler beamforming
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 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,839,720System and method for acoustic doppler velocity processing with a phased array transducer including using differently coded transmit pulses in each beam so that the cross-coupled side lobe error is removed
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,695,301Submersible connector with secondary sealing device
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,618,198Harsh environment connector
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,514,659Multi-state beamforming array
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 89: 9 patents in force now held by others · 66 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 129 ended at full term · 3 surrendered on reissue. 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.

1 pending · 1 abandoned · 13 no status recorded

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