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117 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.

Recorded under 2 name spellings.

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When these terms end

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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 23 to 30, 2026 · next Nov 23
  • 3 fees due Dec 13 to 16, 2026 · next Dec 13
  • 3 fees due Jan 16 to 18, 2027 · next Jan 16
  • 2 fees due Feb 13 to 20, 2027 · next Feb 13
  • 2 fees due Mar 3 to 19, 2027 · next Mar 3
  • 3 fees due Apr 13 to 24, 2027 · next Apr 13
  • 1 fee due May 10, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Extended Nip Roll, an Extended Nip Press Making Use of the Extended Nip Roll, a Papermaking Machine and a Method of Operating an Extended Nip Press (US 9,181,655) comes due May 10, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 10, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Jun 5 to 19, 2027 · next Jun 5
  • 3 fees due Jul 9 to 23, 2027 · next Jul 9
  • 2 fees due Aug 13 to 20, 2027 · next Aug 13
  • 3 fees due Sep 5 to 24, 2027 · next Sep 5
  • 3 fees due Oct 2 to 23, 2027 · next Oct 2

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Recent changes

  • 4 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
  • 2 terms have 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 7,935,224Unit in a Forming Section of a Papermaking Machine
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,988,829Papermaking Machine Employing an Impermeable Transfer Belt, and Associated Methods
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,075,738Apparatus with an Impermeable Transfer Belt in a Papermaking Machine, and Associated Methods
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,092,651Methods Employing an Impermeable Transfer Belt in a Papermaking Machine
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,206,555Methods Employing an Impermeable Transfer Belt in a Papermaking Machine
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,246,782Apparatus with an Impermeable Transfer Belt in a Papermaking Machine, and Associated Methods
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,811,418Papermaking Machine Employing an Impermeable Transfer Belt, and Associated Methods
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,888,959Feeding System Comprising Pumps in Parallel for a Continuous Digester
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 8,414,741Tissue Papermaking Machine and a Method of Manufacturing a Tissue Paper Web
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,795,468Method and System for Impregnating Chips
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 117: 1 patent in force now held by others · 39 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 251 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.

11 pending · 19 abandoned

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