504 patents currently held
4 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.
1 more record may belong here and awaits a decision; it is not counted.
The next term ends in Jun 2028. from the record
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Ending by 2030
Jun 2028
Next term end
432
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 Oct 2033 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Mar 2036 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Dec 2037 · High confidence
Method, System and Apparatus for Creating Virtual Machine
US 10,489,176
Cited by 40 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data. Protection runs to 2033. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.
Service Chain Header and Metadata Transport
US 10,003,530
Cited by 33 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 2036.
Event-Driven Serverless Function Orchestration
US 10,915,382
Cited by 8 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data. Protection runs to 2037.
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.
- 7 fees due Nov 23 to 30, 2026 · next Nov 23
- 12 fees due Dec 4 to 27, 2026 · next Dec 4
- 8 fees due Jan 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 2
- 16 fees due Feb 1 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 1
- 9 fees due Mar 5 to 26, 2027 · next Mar 5
- 11 fees due Apr 1 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 1
- 17 fees due May 3 to 28, 2027 · next May 3
- 7 fees due Jun 1 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 1
- 14 fees due Jul 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 2
- 9 fees due Aug 4 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 4
- 10 fees due Sep 3 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 3
- 9 fees due Oct 9 to 28, 2027 · next Oct 9
- 2 fees due Nov 3, 2027
Recent changes
- 28 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 2 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 432 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 8,046,407 | A Method for Processing a Control Message and a Message Processor, a Media Service, a Media Service System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,386,632 | Method, Device, and System for Controlling Streaming Media Play In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,914,501 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Scheduling Distributed Buffer Resources In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,908,562 | Method for Remotely Managing a Sensor Network Topology and Gateway In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,288,114 | Apparatus and System for Managing a Sensor Network In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,474,101 | Apparatus and System for Managing a Sensor Network In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,178,925 | Exchanging Media Stream Data Between Thin Client and Media Gateway, Bypassing Virtual Machine, in Cloud Computing System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,313,407 | Method and Apparatus for Establishing a Session between a Thin Client and a Media Gateway for Media Data Streaming In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,560,717 | Method and System for Implementing Video Call Service and Video Interworking Gateway Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,331,986 | Encryption Communication Method, Apparatus and System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 504: 4 patents in force now held by others · 12 patents ended · 395 applications pending · 23 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.