Maintenance fees coming due

Twitter, Inc.

11 maintenance fees come due in the 12 months from Nov 14, 2026, the next on Nov 14, 2026. Unpaid by May 14, 2027, that one lapses early.

A maintenance fee does not end a patent on its due date. It falls due at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant, and the patent lapses only if the fee is still unpaid at the end of the six month grace period that follows.

Patent	Title	Holder	Status	Fee due	Lapses if unpaid	Expires	Confidence
US 10,289,703	System and Methods for Multi-Tenancy Management within a Distributed Database Twitter, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 14, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 14, 2027 Term ends Feb 3, 2035 · High confidence	Twitter, Inc.	In force	Nov 14, 2026	May 14, 2027	Term ends Feb 3, 2035	High confidence
US 10,291,707	Systems and Methods for Balancing Storage Resources in a Distributed Database Twitter, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 14, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 14, 2027 Term ends Dec 2, 2036 · High confidence	Twitter, Inc.	In force	Nov 14, 2026	May 14, 2027	Term ends Dec 2, 2036	High confidence
US 9,043,397	Suggestions from a Messaging Platform Twitter, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 26, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 26, 2027 Term ends Jan 28, 2032 · High confidence	Twitter, Inc.	In force	Nov 26, 2026	May 26, 2027	Term ends Jan 28, 2032	High confidence
US 10,303,591	Web Services Comparison Tool Twitter, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 28, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 28, 2027 Term ends Mar 13, 2034 · High confidence	Twitter, Inc.	In force	Nov 28, 2026	May 28, 2027	Term ends Mar 13, 2034	High confidence
US 10,305,851	Network-Based Content Discovery Using Messages of a Messaging Platform Twitter, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 28, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 28, 2027 Term ends Nov 12, 2033 · High confidence	Twitter, Inc.	In force	Nov 28, 2026	May 28, 2027	Term ends Nov 12, 2033	High confidence
US 10,324,776	Method and System for Distributed Processing in a Messaging Platform Twitter, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 18, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 21, 2027 Term ends Sep 26, 2034 · High confidence	Twitter, Inc.	In force	Dec 18, 2026	Jun 21, 2027	Term ends Sep 26, 2034	High confidence
US 10,325,096	Modifying a Portion of a Read-Only File System Twitter, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 18, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 21, 2027 Term ends Apr 15, 2034 · High confidence	Twitter, Inc.	In force	Dec 18, 2026	Jun 21, 2027	Term ends Apr 15, 2034	High confidence
US 10,326,829	Television Key Phrase Detection Twitter, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 18, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 21, 2027 Term ends Feb 21, 2034 · High confidence	Twitter, Inc.	In force	Dec 18, 2026	Jun 21, 2027	Term ends Feb 21, 2034	High confidence
US 10,354,692	Gapless Video Looping Twitter, Inc. In force Fee due Jan 16, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Jul 16, 2027 Term ends Dec 29, 2036 · High confidence	Twitter, Inc.	In force	Jan 16, 2027	Jul 16, 2027	Term ends Dec 29, 2036	High confidence
US 9,088,532	Device Independent Message Distribution Platform Twitter, Inc. In force Fee due Jan 21, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Jul 21, 2027 Term ends Aug 15, 2028 · High confidence	Twitter, Inc.	In force	Jan 21, 2027	Jul 21, 2027	Term ends Aug 15, 2028	High confidence
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