3,262 patents currently held
59 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.
7 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.
The next term ends in Nov 2026. from the record
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Ending by 2030
Nov 2026
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3,041
Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
fee due within 90 days
all others
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Jan 2033 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends May 2034 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Dec 2030 · High confidence
System, Device, and Method of Secure Entry and Handling of Passwords
US 9,344,275
Cited by 77 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2033.
Computer Implemented System and Method for Generating a Layout of a Cell Defining a Circuit Component
US 10,083,269
Cited by 31 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2034.
System, Method, and Device of Authenticated Encryption of Messages
US 10,454,674
Cited by 33 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data. Protection runs to 2030.
Formerly held, still cited
Notable
Ends Jan 2036 · High confidence
Cited by 61 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2036.
now held by Cerfe Labs, Inc.
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.
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- 21 fees due Nov 3 to 12, 2027 · next Nov 3
Recent changes
- Oct 26Assignment recorded on 1 record: Persson, Hakan Lars-Goran and 3 others to Arm Limited Recorded Oct 26, 2026, executed Feb 20, 2025. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76510, frame 824.
- Oct 2Assignment recorded on 1 record: Sisodia, Rajiv Kumar and 5 others to Arm Limited Recorded Oct 2, 2026, executed Nov 15, 2024. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76238, frame 26.
- 92 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 15 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 3,041 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| A Wearable Device Having a Fingerprint Sensor | 19 in force | to Jan 2045 |
| Graphics Processing Method, System and Storage Medium for Achieving Increased Hidden Surface Removal Efficiency | 9 in force | to Oct 2043 |
| Maintaining Secure Data Isolated from Non-Secure Access When Switching Between Domains | 8 in force | to Feb 2034 |
| Computer Implemented System and Method for Generating a Layout of a Cell Defining a Circuit Component | 7 in force | to Jun 2034 |
| Network-On-Chip Topology Generation | 6 in force | to Jan 2041 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,603,496 | Buffering Data During Data Transfer Through a Plurality of Channels In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,444,271 | Scoring Mechanism for Automatically Generated Test Programs In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,379,347 | Memory Device and Method for Performing Write Operations in Such a Memory Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,420,859 | Memory Device and Method of Controlling Access to Such a Memory Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,661,104 | Task Following Between Multiple Operating Systems In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,644,399 | Forming an Executable Program from a List of Program Instructions In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,496,813 | Communicating Simultaneously a Functional Signal and a Diagnostic Signal for an Integrated Circuit Using a Shared Pin In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,856,346 | Emulating Multiple Bus Used Within a Data Processing System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,793,078 | Multiple Instruction Set Data Processing System with Conditional Branch Instructions of a First Instruction Set and a Second Instruction Set Sharing a Same Instruction Encoding In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,468,394 | A Method of Tracing Selected Activities Within a Data Processing System by Tagging Selected Items and Tracing the Tagged Items In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 3,262: 59 patents in force now held by others · 378 patents ended · 561 applications pending · 219 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.