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Trimble Inc.

380 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
123 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.
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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.
  • 3 fees due Nov 26 to 28, 2026 · next Nov 26
  • 2 fees due Dec 6 to 25, 2026 · next Dec 6
  • 10 fees due Jan 2 to 25, 2027 · next Jan 2
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  • 1 fee due Sep 10, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Excavator Bucket Positioning Via Mobile Device (US 10,586,349) comes due Sep 10, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 10, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 26, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Location of Image Capture Device and Object Features in a Captured Image (US 9,324,003) comes due Oct 26, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 26, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Nov 5 to 12, 2027 · next Nov 5

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Recent changes

  • 6 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
  • 1 term has ended since Aug 16, 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 7,541,974Managed Traverse System and Method to Acquire Accurate Survey Data in Absence of Precise GPS Data
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,754,805Method and apparatus for image-based positioning
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,940,851System and Device for Decluttering a Display
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,683,832Method and Apparatus for Image-Based Positioning
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 9,639,146Telematic Asset Microfluidic Analysis
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,753,970Limiting access to asset management information
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,760,851Integrated asset management
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,811,949Method for providing status information pertaining to an asset
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,928,477Externally Augmented Asset Management
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,587,832Rotating Laser Transmitter
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 380: 123 patents in force now held by others · 21 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 45 ended at full term · 1 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.

25 pending · 1 abandoned · 4 no status recorded

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