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Valio Ltd.

23 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
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.
  • 1 fee due Nov 23, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Milk-based formulation (US 11,653,662) comes due Nov 23, 2026. Unpaid by May 24, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Apr 30, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for Producing a Milk-Based Product with Reduced Plasmin-Activity (US 11,800,877) comes due Apr 30, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 1, 2027, it lapses early.

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Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

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 8,968,814Method for Preventing Scorching of Milk-Based Product
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,986,768Low-Lactose and Lactose-Free Milk Product and Process for Production Thereof
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 9,888,699Product and process for its preparation
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 11,039,626Milk product and preparation method
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,080,374Cheese and preparing the same
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,993,454Milk-based product and a method for its preparation
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,854,821Casein protein product
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 11,653,662Milk-based formulation
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 11,051,527Cheese and method for its manufacturing
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 11,033,040Methods for Producing Dairy Products
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 23: 8 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 6 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.

4 pending · 2 abandoned · 26 no status recorded

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