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86 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026
16 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 3 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.
  • 2 fees due Dec 9 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 9
  • 1 fee due Jan 21, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Location point determination apparatus, map generation system, navigation apparatus and method of determining a location point (US 9,086,289) comes due Jan 21, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 21, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 4 fees due Feb 4 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 4
  • 1 fee due Mar 19, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and system for image-based positioning and mapping for a road network utilizing object detection (US 11,761,790) comes due Mar 19, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 20, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due May 3 to 28, 2027 · next May 3
  • 2 fees due Jun 5 to 29, 2027 · next Jun 5
  • 2 fees due Jul 5 to 12, 2027 · next Jul 5
  • 3 fees due Sep 19 to 29, 2027 · next Sep 19
  • 2 fees due Oct 7 to 23, 2027 · next Oct 7

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Recent changes

  • 2 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 17, 2026
  • 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 9,599,488Method and Apparatus for Providing Navigational Guidance Using the States of Traffic Signal
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,831,382Method for differentiating duplicate or similarly named disjoint localities within a state or other principal geographic unit of interest
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,396,255System for and method of processing laser scan samples and digital photographic images relating to building facades
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,351,704Method of capturing linear features along a reference-line across a surface for use in a map database
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,847,982Method and apparatus for generating an orthorectified tile
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,326,532Arrangement for and method of two dimensional and three dimensional precision location and orientation determination
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,422,736Method of and apparatus for producing lane information
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,746,335Method and system for transmitting and/or receiving at least one location reference, enhanced by at least one focusing factor
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,912,879Method for applying clothoid curve values to roadways in a geographic data information system
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,884,962Computer arrangement for and method of matching location data of different sources
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 86: 16 patents in force now held by others · 7 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 26 ended at full term. 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.

9 pending · 1 abandoned · 3 no status recorded

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