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36 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

1 more in force is now held by another company

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Ending by 2030

Sep 2035

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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 Nov 28, 2026
The maintenance fee for Data Verification Methods And Systems Using A Hash Tree, Such As A Time-Centric Merkle Hash Tree (US 10,303,887) comes due Nov 28, 2026. Unpaid by May 28, 2027, it lapses early.
2 fees due Jan 11 to 18, 2027 · next Jan 11
1 fee due Mar 19, 2027
The maintenance fee for Doubly-Encrypted Secret Parts Allowing for Assembly of a Secret Using a Subset of the Doubly-Encrypted Secret Parts (US 11,764,951) comes due Mar 19, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 20, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due May 28, 2027
The maintenance fee for Self-Enforcing Security Token Implementing Smart-Contract-Based Compliance Rules Consulting Smart-Contract-Based Global Registry of Investors (US 11,829,997) comes due May 28, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 29, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jul 30, 2027
The maintenance fee for Splitting Encrypted Key and Encryption Key Used to Encrypt Key into Key Components Allowing Assembly with Subset of Key Components to Decrypt Encrypted Key (US 11,888,975) comes due Jul 30, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 31, 2028, it lapses early.
1 fee due Aug 4, 2027
The maintenance fee for Obfuscation of Intent in Transactions Using Cryptographic Techniques (US 10,552,829) comes due Aug 4, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 4, 2028, it lapses early.
2 fees due Oct 2 to 16, 2027 · next Oct 2

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Recent changes

3 of the patents on this record were granted 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.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 10,831,902	Data Verification Methods and Systems Using a Hash Tree, Such as a Time-Centric Merkle Hash Tree In force Term ends Sep 14, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 14, 2035	High confidence
US 10,673,634	Crypto Integration Platform In force Term ends Feb 5, 2036 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 5, 2036	High confidence
US 11,394,560	Crypto Integration Platform In force Term ends Feb 5, 2036 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 5, 2036	High confidence
US 10,171,245	Crypto Integration Platform In force Term ends May 24, 2036 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 24, 2036	High confidence
US 12,469,079	Crypto Multiple Security Asset Creation and Redemption Platform In force Term ends Oct 15, 2036 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 15, 2036	High confidence
US 10,303,887	Data Verification Methods And Systems Using A Hash Tree, Such As A Time-Centric Merkle Hash Tree In force Term ends Apr 3, 2037 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 3, 2037	High confidence
US 11,704,733	Crypto Multiple Security Asset Creation and Redemption Platform In force Term ends Nov 5, 2037 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 5, 2037	High confidence
US 10,552,829	Obfuscation of Intent in Transactions Using Cryptographic Techniques In force Term ends Mar 28, 2038 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 28, 2038	High confidence
US 11,948,182	Decentralized Trading System for Fair Ordering and Matching of Trades Received at Multiple Network Nodes and Matched by Multiple Network Nodes Within Decentralized Trading System In force Term ends Jul 25, 2038 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 25, 2038	Medium confidence
US 12,792,778	Federated Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Service In force Term ends Oct 24, 2038 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 24, 2038	High confidence

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Sources and methods

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