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76 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

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

Ending by 2030

Feb 2034

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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 Nov 28 to 30, 2026 · next Nov 28
1 fee due Dec 13, 2026
The maintenance fee for Method and system for merging distant spaces (US 11,676,355) comes due Dec 13, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 14, 2027, it lapses early.
3 fees due Jan 2 to 23, 2027 · next Jan 2
1 fee due Mar 19, 2027
The maintenance fee for Method and system for intelligent importing and transformation of digital assets (US 11,763,427) comes due Mar 19, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 20, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Apr 17, 2027
The maintenance fee for System and method for creating personalized game experiences (US 11,786,823) comes due Apr 17, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 18, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due May 19, 2027
The maintenance fee for Dynamic assets for creating game experiences (US 10,478,720) comes due May 19, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 19, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jun 30, 2027
The maintenance fee for Methods and systems for displaying UI elements in mixed reality environments (US 10,521,020) comes due Jun 30, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 3, 2028, it lapses early.
3 fees due Jul 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 2
5 fees due Aug 6 to 18, 2027 · next Aug 6
2 fees due Sep 10 to 24, 2027 · next Sep 10
2 fees due Oct 9 to 14, 2027 · next Oct 9

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Recent changes

1 of the patents on this record was 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.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 9,557,965	Method for programming language dependent merging of program codes In force Term ends Feb 17, 2034 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Feb 17, 2034	From the USPTO record
US 10,748,241	Prediction system for texture streaming In force Term ends Oct 30, 2035 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Oct 30, 2035	From the USPTO record
US 11,195,250	Prediction system for texture streaming In force Term ends Oct 30, 2035 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Oct 30, 2035	From the USPTO record
US 11,893,656	Prediction system for texture streaming In force Term ends Dec 23, 2035 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Dec 23, 2035	From the USPTO record
US 10,675,542	Method and system for transitioning between a 2D video and 3D environment In force Ends no later than Mar 24, 2036 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Mar 24, 2036	From the USPTO record
US 9,772,878	Determining a job group status based on a relationship between a generation counter value and a ticket value for scheduling the job group for execution In force Term ends Jun 24, 2036 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jun 24, 2036	From the USPTO record
US 11,893,416	Determining a job group status based on a relationship between a generation counter value and a ticket value for scheduling the job group for execution In force Ends no later than Jun 24, 2036 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Jun 24, 2036	From the USPTO record
US 12,265,848	Determining a job group status based on a relationship between a generation counter value and a ticket value for scheduling the job group for execution In force Term ends Jun 24, 2036 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jun 24, 2036	From the USPTO record
US 9,741,148	Onion skin animation platform and time bar tool In force Term ends Sep 23, 2036 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Sep 23, 2036	From the USPTO record
US 10,032,305	Method and system for creating character poses in a virtual reality environment In force Ends no later than Sep 23, 2036 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Sep 23, 2036	From the USPTO record

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Sources and methods

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Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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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.

4 pending · 2 no status recorded

Showing 1 to 6 of 6, newest filing first. An application has no patent term. A term is computed when and if it grants, and appears on that patent's own page. Where no title is shown, the bulk publication record carries none and this site holds no USPTO file history for that application.

Application	Title	Filed	Status
19/239,828	Volumetric Data Processing Using a Flat File Format	Jun 16, 2025	Pending
19/061,781	Systems and Methods for Rendering a Virtual Environment Using Light Probes	Feb 24, 2025	Pending
18/984,982	Systems and Methods for Dynamic Continuous Input in Mixed Reality Environments	Dec 17, 2024	Pending
18/233,847	Method and System for Learned Morphology-Aware Inverse Kinematics	Aug 14, 2023	Pending
17/826,037		May 26, 2022	No status recorded
17/169,335		Feb 5, 2021	No status recorded