13 patents currently held
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
The next term ends in Mar 2028. from the record
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Ending by 2030
Mar 2028
Next term end
10
Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
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.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Mar 2028 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Feb 2040 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Nov 2032 · High confidence
Optical Polishing Fixture
US 7,738,760
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 57 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data. Protection runs to 2028.
Optical Fiber Polisher with Ramping Features
US 10,981,257
The newest of the three, granted 2021. It anchors the portfolio to 2040, later than anything else here.
Optical Fiber Polishing Machines, Fixtures and Methods
US 8,708,776
Renewed at every maintenance window since the 2014 grant; no more fees are due before its term ends in 2032.
Fee deadlines
No maintenance fee falls due on this company's record before Nov 10, 2027.
Recent changes
Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.
What they patent
The 4 largest of its 10 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Optical Fiber Polishing Fixture | 2 in force | to Apr 2041 |
| Toolless Clamp | 2 in force | to Dec 2040 |
| Optical Fiber Laser Cleaver Adapter | 2 in force | to Jun 2037 |
| Optical Fiber Polisher with Controlled Platen Stopping Position | 1 in force | to Oct 2043 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,738,760 | Optical Polishing Fixture In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,708,776 | Optical Fiber Polishing Machines, Fixtures and Methods In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D808,236 | Spring Member of an Optical Fiber Polishing Fixture In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,690,048 | Optical Fiber Fixtures and Methods for Laser Cleaving In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,759,872 | Optical Fiber Polishing Fixture In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,036,852 | Optical Fiber Laser Cleaver Adapter In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,288,809 | Optical Fiber Laser Cleaver Adapter In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 11,618,125 | Method of Connecting a Ferrule to an Optical Fiber Polishing Fixture Assembly In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,981,257 | Optical Fiber Polisher with Ramping Features In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 11,326,630 | Toolless Clamp In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 13: 2 patents ended · 5 applications pending · 1 application 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.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.