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First Technologies, LLC

First filing 2002
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0 patents currently held, every record listed here

9 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.

This portfolio holds none of the 9 US patents in force on its record. from the record

Of the 9 now held by other companies, 9 name Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. as their current owner. Each row says so.

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When these terms end

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US 7,474,269 Antenna with Low Sar Mar 21, 2027
US 7,869,844 Sliding Mechanism for Opening and Closing of Cellular Phone May 27, 2027
US 7,536,751 Multi-Step Hinge and Portable Terminal Having Same Oct 23, 2027
US 8,063,835 An Antenna Arrangement and a Portable Radio Communication Device for Such an Antenna Arrangement May 31, 2028
US 7,774,033 Sliding Mechanism or Portable Communication Terminals Oct 24, 2028
US 8,243,439 Slider Mechanism for Opening and Closing a Portable Terminal May 29, 2029
US 8,336,167 Auto Hinge Module of Cellular Phone Oct 26, 2029
US 7,967,346 Slider Mechanisms for Opening and Closing Portable Terminals Mar 15, 2030
US 8,068,058 Antenna Assembly with Connectors Having an Internal Conductive Channel Apr 6, 2030
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Every computed term in this portfolio is shown above.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 patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
None of the currently held patents qualifies as notable.

Formerly held, still cited

Notable
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 46 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data. Protection runs to 2027.
Ends May 2027 · High confidence
Also notable
Renewed at every maintenance window since the 2012 grant; no more fees are due before its term ends in 2029.
Ends Oct 2029 · High confidence
Also notable
Renewed at every maintenance window since the 2009 grant; no more fees are due before its term ends in 2027.
Ends Oct 2027 · High confidence

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.

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.
Also on record: 9 patents in force now held by others · 29 patents ended · 26 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.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
1 computed term date comes from a chain with an unresolved parent. A continuity parent has not yet been fetched from USPTO's records. The term is dated from this application's own claim; no earlier date is assumed until the parent is resolved.
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