63 patents currently held

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

1 more record may belong here and awaits a decision; it is not counted.

The next term ends in Aug 2037. from the record

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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

System and Method for High Throughput Fractionated Satellites (HTFS) for Direct Connectivity to and from End User Devices and Terminals Using Flight Formations of Small or Very Small Satellites US 10,979,133

Cited by 44 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data. Protection runs to 2037. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.

Ends Aug 2037 · High confidence Also notable

Thermal Management System for Structures in Space US 11,021,270

Cited by 19 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data. Protection runs to 2040.

Ends May 2040 · High confidence Also notable

Satcom GSM Solution Directly Communicate with GSM Phones US 11,463,159

Cited by 8 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data. Protection runs to 2042.

Ends Feb 2042 · High confidence

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 Dec 6 to 20, 2026 · next Dec 6
3 fees due Feb 8 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 8
1 fee due Mar 5, 2027
The maintenance fee for Geolocation of Radio Frequency Devices Using Spaceborne Phased Arrays (US 11,750,275) comes due Mar 5, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 7, 2027, it lapses early.
2 fees due Apr 3 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 3
1 fee due May 14, 2027
The maintenance fee for Satcom GSM Solution Directly Communicate with GSM Phones (US 11,817,936) comes due May 14, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 15, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jun 19, 2027
The maintenance fee for Method and System for Inactive and Active Beam Transition in a Satellite Radio Access Network (US 11,848,691) comes due Jun 19, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 20, 2027, it lapses early.
2 fees due Jul 9 to 16, 2027 · next Jul 9
1 fee due Sep 26, 2027
The maintenance fee for Continuous Communication System Using Paired Identical Small Satellites (US 11,943,044) comes due Sep 26, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 27, 2028, it lapses early.
2 fees due Oct 2 to 9, 2027 · next Oct 2

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Recent changes

4 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 30 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

System and Method for High Throughput Fractionated Satellites (HTFS) for Direct Connectivity to and from End User Devices and Terminals Using Flight Formations of Small or Very Small Satellites	7 in force	to May 2038
Satcom GSM Solution Directly Communicate with GSM Phones	4 in force	to Feb 2042
Thermal Management System for Structures in Space	4 in force	to Aug 2040
Compensating Oscillations in a Large-Aperture Phased Array Antenna	3 in force	to Sep 2042
Adaptive Taper Selection for Beamforming	3 in force	to Mar 2042

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 9,973,266	System and Method for High Throughput Fractionated Satellites (HTFS) for Direct Connectivity to and from End User Devices and Terminals Using Flight Formations of Small or Very Small Satellites In force Term ends Aug 11, 2037 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 11, 2037	High confidence
US 10,979,133	System and Method for High Throughput Fractionated Satellites (HTFS) for Direct Connectivity to and from End User Devices and Terminals Using Flight Formations of Small or Very Small Satellites In force Term ends Aug 11, 2037 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 11, 2037	High confidence
US 11,159,228	System and Method for High Throughput Fractionated Satellites (HTFS) for Direct Connectivity to and from End User Devices and Terminals Using Flight Formations of Small or Very Small Satellites In force Term ends Aug 11, 2037 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 11, 2037	High confidence
US 12,063,098	System and Method for High Throughput Fractionated Satellites (HTFS) for Direct Connectivity to and from End User Devices and Terminals Using Flight Formations of Small or Very Small Satellites In force Ends no later than Aug 11, 2037 · Medium confidence	In force	Ends no later than Aug 11, 2037	Medium confidence
US 12,785,792	System and Method for High Throughput Fractionated Satellites (HTFS) for Direct Connectivity to and from End User Devices and Terminals Using Flight Formations of Small or Very Small Satellites In force Term ends Aug 11, 2037 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 11, 2037	Medium confidence
US 11,870,540	System and Method for High Throughput Fractionated Satellites (HTFS) for Direct Connectivity to and from End User Devices and Terminals Using Flight Formations of Small or Very Small Satellites In force Ends no later than Apr 3, 2038 · Medium confidence	In force	Ends no later than Apr 3, 2038	Medium confidence
US 11,956,066	System and Method for High Throughput Fractionated Satellites (HTFS) for Direct Connectivity to and from End User Devices and Terminals Using Flight Formations of Small or Very Small Satellites In force Ends no later than May 27, 2038 · Medium confidence	In force	Ends no later than May 27, 2038	Medium confidence
US 12,002,501	Apparatuses and Methods for Distributed Targeted Refresh Operations In force Term ends Dec 26, 2038 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 26, 2038	High confidence
US D1,037,220	Satellite Antenna Array In force Term ends Jul 30, 2039 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 30, 2039	High confidence
US 11,021,270	Thermal Management System for Structures in Space In force Term ends May 15, 2040 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 15, 2040	High confidence

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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.

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