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11 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
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

Held patents by the year their term ends
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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 Feb 4, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Audience-measuring method (US 9,100,714) comes due Feb 4, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 4, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due May 26, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for providing protected multimedia content (US 10,489,559) comes due May 26, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 26, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Aug 9, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Transmission, reception and identification methods, security processor and information recording medium for said methods (US 9,258,612) comes due Aug 9, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 9, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Sep 19, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and system for computer-assisted maintenance (US 11,936,631) comes due Sep 19, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 20, 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 7,995,577Methods of broadcastng and receiving scrambled multimedia programs, a terminal and a network head end for said methods
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 8,086,851Methods for broadcasting and receiving a scrambled multimedia programme, network head, terminal, receiver and security processor for these methods
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,258,612Transmission, reception and identification methods, security processor and information recording medium for said methods
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,996,870Method for protecting a recorded multimedia content
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,100,714Audience-measuring method
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,420,143Method for water-marking digital books
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,142,683Method of access to multimedia content protected by a terminal
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,489,559Method for providing protected multimedia content
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,740,616Method for identifying a show in a video filmed by a camera of a spectator
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 10,678,891Method for the identification of security processors
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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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.

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