Wavefront Research, Inc.

96 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 3 name spellings.

Ending by 2030

Jun 2027

Next term 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.

2 fees due Nov 16 to 30, 2026 · next Nov 16
4 fees due Jan 4 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 4
7 fees due Feb 6 to 20, 2027 · next Feb 6
1 fee due Mar 15, 2027
The maintenance fee for Method of Providing a Low Footprint Optical Interconnect (US 9,137,889) comes due Mar 15, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 15, 2027, it lapses early.
3 fees due Apr 1 to 10, 2027 · next Apr 1
2 fees due May 19, 2027
2 fees due Jun 15 to 19, 2027 · next Jun 15
1 fee due Jul 30, 2027
The maintenance fee for Nanofabricated volume gratings (US 11,885,992) comes due Jul 30, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 31, 2028, it lapses early.
2 fees due Aug 6 to 18, 2027 · next Aug 6
1 fee due Sep 10, 2027
The maintenance fee for Optical systems with improved signal to noise ratio (US 10,585,000) comes due Sep 10, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 10, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

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.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 8,351,045	Compact snapshot multispectral imaging system In force Ends no later than Jun 8, 2027 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Jun 8, 2027	From the USPTO record
US 7,660,502	Optical interconnect and connector devices In force Term ends Jul 12, 2027 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jul 12, 2027	From the USPTO record
US 9,964,723	Optical interconnect and connector devices In force Term ends Jul 12, 2027 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jul 12, 2027	From the USPTO record
US 10,551,583	Optical interconnect and connector devices In force Term ends Jul 12, 2027 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jul 12, 2027	From the USPTO record
US 11,099,340	Optical interconnect and connector devices In force Ends no later than Jul 12, 2027 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Jul 12, 2027	From the USPTO record
US 9,964,443	Contact wide field fast hyperspectral imager In force Term ends Jul 23, 2027 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jul 23, 2027	From the USPTO record
US 9,213,141	Optical interconnect and connector devices In force Term ends Jul 21, 2028 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jul 21, 2028	From the USPTO record
US 8,203,710	Compact wide field fast hyperspectral imager In force Term ends Oct 21, 2028 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Oct 21, 2028	From the USPTO record
US 8,171,625	Method of Providing Low Footprint Optical Interconnect In force Term ends Jun 2, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 2, 2029	High confidence
US 9,964,716	Low Footprint Optical Interconnects In force Term ends Jun 2, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 2, 2029	High confidence

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Also on record, not counted in the 96: 6 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 19 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.

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Published applications

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