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VATECH Co., Ltd.

52 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
9 more in force are now held by other companies
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 Dec 4, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Medical imaging system and operation method therefor (US 10,307,119) comes due Dec 4, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 4, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Feb 25, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and apparatus for obtaining panoramic image (US 9,117,301) comes due Feb 25, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 25, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 3 fees due Apr 10 to 29, 2027 · next Apr 10
  • 1 fee due Jun 10, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Panoramic X-ray imaging apparatus (US 10,499,862) comes due Jun 10, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 10, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 7, 2027
    The maintenance fee for X-ray irradiating device including motion sensor and X-ray imaging method using same (US 10,610,189) comes due Oct 7, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 7, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Nov 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for X-ray collimator and X-ray imaging apparatus using same (US 10,638,984) comes due Nov 5, 2027. Unpaid by May 5, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 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 D741,489Arm of an X-ray imaging device
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US D741,490Arm of an x-ray imaging device
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US D741,491Arm of an X-ray imaging device
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US D742,009Arm of an X-ray imaging device
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US 8,332,997Dental prosthesis manufacturing machine
In force
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In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,117,301Method and apparatus for obtaining panoramic image
In force
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US RE47,810Method and apparatus for obtaining panoramic image
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US 9,532,755X-ray computed tomographic imaging apparatus and method for same
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US 9,486,174Apparatus and method for reconstructing panoramic X-ray image
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US 9,514,516Method and apparatus for providing panorama image data
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In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 52: 9 patents in force now held by others · 11 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 2 ended at full term · 1 surrendered on reissue. 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 · 1 abandoned · 15 no status recorded

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