49 patents currently held
233 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.
The next term ends in Dec 2028. from the record
Of the 233 now held by other companies, 185 name Cloud Byte LLC as their current owner, and 48 more name another party. Each row says which.
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Ending by 2030
Dec 2028
Next term end
46
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 Jan 2032 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Aug 2031 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Mar 2030 · High confidence
Communication System, Control Device, Node, Processing Rule Setting Method and Program
US 9,197,494
Cited by 24 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2032.
Communication System, Node, Control Device, Communication Method, and Program
US 9,426,061
Cited by 23 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2031.
Communication Flow Control System, Communication Flow Control Method, and Communication Flow Processing Program
US 9,635,119
Cited by 18 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2030.
Formerly held, still cited
Notable
Ends Mar 2037 · Medium confidence
Cited by 115 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data. Protection runs to 2037.
now held by Cloud Byte LLC.
Also notable
Ends Nov 2030 · High confidence
Cited by 116 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2030.
now held by Cloud Byte LLC.
Also notable
Ends Nov 2037 · High confidence
Cited by 71 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data. Protection runs to 2037.
now held by Cloud Byte LLC.
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 25, 2026
- 1 fee due Feb 6, 2027The maintenance fee for Information Processing System, Information Processing Method and Information Processing Device (US 10,372,632) comes due Feb 6, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 6, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due May 24, 2027The maintenance fee for Communication System, Control Device, Node, Processing Rule Setting Method and Program (US 9,197,494) comes due May 24, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 24, 2027, it lapses early.
- 4 fees due Jun 1 to 19, 2027 · next Jun 1
- 1 fee due Jul 26, 2027The maintenance fee for Load Reducing System and Load Reducing Method (US 9,246,815) comes due Jul 26, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 26, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Aug 4, 2027The maintenance fee for Terminal Device, Terminal-Device Control Method, and Terminal-Device Control Program (US 10,555,217) comes due Aug 4, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 4, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Oct 14, 2027The maintenance fee for Switch System, and Monitoring Centralized Control Method (US 10,623,314) comes due Oct 14, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 14, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Nov 10, 2027The maintenance fee for Terminal, Control Device, Communication Method, Communication System, Communication Module, Program, and Information Processing Device (US 9,338,090) comes due Nov 10, 2027. Unpaid by May 10, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 46 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 8,027,585 | Optical Communication Method, Optical Communication Device, and Optical Communication System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,712,779 | Information Retrieval System, Information Retrieval Method, and Information Retrieval Program In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,635,119 | Communication Flow Control System, Communication Flow Control Method, and Communication Flow Processing Program In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,084,714 | Communication Flow Control System, Communication Flow Control Method, and Communication Flow Processing Program In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,606,574 | Speech Recognition Processing System and Speech Recognition Processing Method In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,385,937 | Dynamic Route Branching System and Dynamic Route Branching Method In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 9,391,880 | Communication System, and Method of Collecting Port Information In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,171,352 | Communication System, Node, Control Device, Communication Method, and Program In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,426,061 | Communication System, Node, Control Device, Communication Method, and Program In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,577,920 | Communication System, Control Device, Node, Processing Rule Setting Method and Program In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 49: 233 patents in force now held by others · 11 patents ended. 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.