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Test Research, Inc.

30 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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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 Mar 22, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Testing apparatus with backdriving protection function (US 9,140,755) comes due Mar 22, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 22, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Apr 8, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Automatic optical inspection system and operating method thereof (US 10,438,340) comes due Apr 8, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 8, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Sep 24, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Optical inspection apparatus (US 10,600,174) comes due Sep 24, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 24, 2028, it lapses early.

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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 7,529,336System and method for laminography inspection
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US 7,612,568Open-circuit testing system and method
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US 7,702,982Electronic device testing system and method
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US 7,855,567Electronic device testing system and method
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US 8,077,827Method for thickness calibration and measuring thickness of material
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US 8,179,143Apparatus for testing printed circuit and method therefor
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US 8,324,908Electrical connection defect detection device
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US 8,350,575Electrical connection defect detection system and method
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US 8,843,357Electrical connection defect simulation test method and system of the same
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US 9,015,541Device and method for performing timing analysis
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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

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