Maintenance fees coming due

Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

617 maintenance fees come due in the 12 months from Nov 15, 2026, the next on Nov 19, 2026. Unpaid by May 19, 2027, that one lapses early.

A maintenance fee does not end a patent on its due date. It falls due at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant, and the patent lapses only if the fee is still unpaid at the end of the six month grace period that follows.

Patent	Title	Holder	Status	Fee due	Lapses if unpaid	Expires	Confidence
US 9,036,546	System and Method for Device Discovery for Device-To-Device Communication in a Cellular Network Futurewei Technologies, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 19, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 19, 2027 Term ends Mar 7, 2033 · High confidence	Futurewei Technologies, Inc.	In force	Nov 19, 2026	May 19, 2027	Term ends Mar 7, 2033	High confidence
US 9,036,642	Point-To-Point Based Multicast Label Distribution Protocol Local Protection Solution Futurewei Technologies, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 19, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 19, 2027 Term ends Apr 23, 2033 · High confidence	Futurewei Technologies, Inc.	In force	Nov 19, 2026	May 19, 2027	Term ends Apr 23, 2033	High confidence
US 9,036,669	Obtaining Narrow Line-width, Full C-band Tunability Mirror for Monolithic or Hybrid Integrated Lasers Futurewei Technologies, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 19, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 19, 2027 Term ends Sep 12, 2033 · High confidence	Futurewei Technologies, Inc.	In force	Nov 19, 2026	May 19, 2027	Term ends Sep 12, 2033	High confidence
US 9,036,813	Power Efficiency of a Line Driver Futurewei Technologies, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 19, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 19, 2027 Term ends Apr 7, 2030 · Medium confidence	Futurewei Technologies, Inc.	In force	Nov 19, 2026	May 19, 2027	Term ends Apr 7, 2030	Medium confidence
US 10,298,333	Method of Dimming for Visible Light Communications Futurewei Technologies, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 21, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 21, 2027 Term ends Aug 31, 2037 · High confidence	Futurewei Technologies, Inc.	In force	Nov 21, 2026	May 21, 2027	Term ends Aug 31, 2037	High confidence
US 10,299,313	Docsis to Support Coordinated Multi-Point in 5G Small Cells Futurewei Technologies, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 21, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 21, 2027 Term ends Oct 24, 2037 · High confidence	Futurewei Technologies, Inc.	In force	Nov 21, 2026	May 21, 2027	Term ends Oct 24, 2037	High confidence
US 9,042,397	Method and Apparatus for Achieving Fairness in Interconnect Using Age-Based Arbitration and Timestamping Futurewei Technologies, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 26, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 26, 2027 Term ends Nov 8, 2032 · High confidence	Futurewei Technologies, Inc.	In force	Nov 26, 2026	May 26, 2027	Term ends Nov 8, 2032	High confidence
US 10,305,621	Burst-Mode Discrete Multi-Tone for Networks Futurewei Technologies, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 28, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 28, 2027 Term ends Jun 29, 2037 · High confidence	Futurewei Technologies, Inc.	In force	Nov 28, 2026	May 28, 2027	Term ends Jun 29, 2037	High confidence
US 10,306,287	System and Method for Organizing Multimedia Content Futurewei Technologies, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 28, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 28, 2027 Term ends Feb 1, 2033 · High confidence	Futurewei Technologies, Inc.	In force	Nov 28, 2026	May 28, 2027	Term ends Feb 1, 2033	High confidence
US 10,306,483	Measurement Gap Schedule Supporting Multiple Beams Futurewei Technologies, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 28, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 28, 2027 Term ends May 23, 2037 · High confidence	Futurewei Technologies, Inc.	In force	Nov 28, 2026	May 28, 2027	Term ends May 23, 2037	High confidence
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