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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 Mar 2031 · Medium confidence
Also notable
Ends no later than Oct 2027 · Low confidence
Also notable
Ends Feb 2031 · High confidence
Video Display Modification Based on Sensor Input for a See-Through Near-To-Eye Display
US 8,964,298
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 1,884 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data. Protection runs to 2031.
Multiple Web-Based Content Category Searching in Mobile Search Application
US 8,949,266
Cited by 544 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2027. A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved, so no cap is applied and the date may move earlier, never later.
Physician and Clinical Documentation Specialist Workflow Integration
US 9,916,420
Cited by 386 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2031. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.
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.
- 129 fees due Nov 14 to 30, 2026 · next Nov 14
- 590 fees due Dec 2 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 2
- 545 fees due Jan 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 2
- 608 fees due Feb 1 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 1
- 578 fees due Mar 1 to 29, 2027 · next Mar 1
- 728 fees due Apr 1 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 1
- 539 fees due May 3 to 28, 2027 · next May 3
- 588 fees due Jun 1 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 1
- 546 fees due Jul 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 2
- 611 fees due Aug 2 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 2
- 677 fees due Sep 1 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 1
- 552 fees due Oct 2 to 30, 2027 · next Oct 2
- 235 fees due Nov 3 to 12, 2027 · next Nov 3
Recent changes
- Nov 10Assignment recorded on 1 record: Xu, Shuotao and 7 others to Microsoft Technology Licensing , LLC Recorded Nov 10, 2026, executed Nov 10, 2026. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76700, frame 664.
- Nov 3Assignment recorded on 1 record: Wu, Jianan and 5 others to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC Recorded Nov 3, 2026, executed Jul 28, 2026. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76611, frame 569.
- 441 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 668 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 23,742 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| System and Method for Social Networking Gaming with an Augmented Reality Eyepiece | 25 in force | to May 2035 |
| Control and Use of Chroma Quantization Parameter Values | 25 in force | to May 2034 |
| Cross Device Messaging | 21 in force | to Apr 2040 |
| Reducing Latency in Video Encoding and Decoding | 20 in force | to Jun 2032 |
| Predicting Motion Vectors for Fields of Forward-Predicted Interlaced Video Frames | 19 in force | to Jun 2028 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,454,778 | Enforcing Rights Management Through Edge Email Servers In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,499,544 | Use of Isogenies for Design of Cryptosystems In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,274,518 | Systems and Methods for Virtualizing Graphics Subsystems In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,005,138 | Seamless Switching of Scalable Video Bitstreams In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,500,091 | Delay Start-Up of Applications In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,530,093 | Securing Applications and Operating Systems In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,760,865 | Escalation from a Conversation to a Conference In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,613,767 | Resolving a Distributed Topology to Stream Data In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,725,477 | Power Filter for Online Listing Service In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,293,139 | Voice Controlled Wireless Communication Device System In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 30,281: 554 patents in force now held by others · 21,349 patents ended · 3,084 applications pending · 13,769 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.
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Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.