17 patents currently held
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
The next term ends in Dec 2027. from the record
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Ending by 2030
Dec 2027
Next term end
8
Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
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.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Mar 2033 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Feb 2028 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Dec 2027 · High confidence
Tablet Ultrasound System
US 10,667,790
Cited by 71 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data. Protection runs to 2033. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.
Modular Portable Ultrasound Systems
US 11,675,073
Cited by 16 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2028.
Ultrasound 3D Imaging System
US 8,551,000
Cited by 27 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2027.
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 13, 2026The maintenance fee for Modular Portable Ultrasound Systems (US 11,675,073) comes due Dec 13, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 14, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Apr 20, 2027The maintenance fee for Apparatus for Decomposing Perfluorocarbon and Harmful Gas Using High-Density Confined Plasma Source (US 9,162,179) comes due Apr 20, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 20, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Jul 2, 2027The maintenance fee for Tablet Ultrasound System (US 11,857,363) comes due Jul 2, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 3, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
- 1 of the patents on this record was granted since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 8 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Tablet Ultrasound System | 9 in force | to Dec 2033 |
| Ultrasound 3D Imaging System | 2 in force | to Jan 2028 |
| Mmic Device on a Substrate and Mounted Within a Waveguide Block, Wherein a Metal Foil Layer Extends from the Substrate to Form in Part a Through Hole | 1 in force | to Sep 2041 |
| Portable Ultrasound System | 1 in force | to Apr 2040 |
| Modular Portable Ultrasound Systems | 1 in force | to Feb 2028 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 8,551,000 | Ultrasound 3D Imaging System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 11,559,277 | Ultrasound 3D Imaging System In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 11,675,073 | Modular Portable Ultrasound Systems In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D719,262 | Portable Ultrasound Display Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,877,699 | Tablet Ultrasound System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,667,790 | Tablet Ultrasound System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 11,179,138 | Tablet Ultrasound System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 11,857,363 | Tablet Ultrasound System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 12,102,480 | Tablet Ultrasound System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 12,588,893 | Tablet Ultrasound System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 17: 23 patents ended · 8 applications pending · 13 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.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.