213 patents currently held
3 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.
17 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.
The next term ends in Mar 2027. from the record
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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 Feb 2032 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends May 2037 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Feb 2034 · Medium confidence
Systems and Methods of High Resolution Three-Dimensional Imaging
US 8,471,895
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 488 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data. Protection runs to 2032.
Adjustable Beam Characteristics
US 10,295,845
Cited by 47 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, and renewed at 2 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2037.
Optimization of High Resolution Digitally Encoded Laser Scanners for Fine Feature Marking
US 11,411,132
Cited by 9 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data. Protection runs to 2034.
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 Feb 6 to 8, 2027 · next Feb 6
- 3 fees due Mar 3 to 24, 2027 · next Mar 3
- 9 fees due Apr 8 to 29, 2027 · next Apr 8
- 6 fees due May 5 to 28, 2027 · next May 5
- 1 fee due Jun 15, 2027The maintenance fee for Diode Laser Packages with Flared Laser Oscillator Waveguides (US 9,214,786) comes due Jun 15, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 15, 2027, it lapses early.
- 5 fees due Jul 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 2
- 5 fees due Aug 13 to 25, 2027 · next Aug 13
- 1 fee due Sep 30, 2027The maintenance fee for Laser Burst Logging Systems and Methods (US 10,608,397) comes due Sep 30, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 31, 2028, it lapses early.
- 4 fees due Oct 5 to 21, 2027 · next Oct 5
- 4 fees due Nov 3 to 12, 2027 · next Nov 3
Recent changes
- 7 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 129 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Adjustable Beam Characteristics | 31 in force | to Nov 2039 |
| Non-ablative Laser Patterning | 6 in force | to Oct 2035 |
| Flared Laser Oscillator Waveguide | 6 in force | to Aug 2033 |
| Optical Fiducial Generation for Galvanometric Scanner Calibration | 4 in force | to Jan 2040 |
| Fine-Scale Temporal Control for Laser Material Processing | 4 in force | to Aug 2038 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US D678,788 | Laser Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,934,749 | Fiber Structure and a Method for Discriminating High Order Modes in the Fiber Structure held by Nlight Oy In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,535,217 | Multimode Fiber Combiners In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 11,627,300 | System and Method of Three-Dimensional Imaging In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 12,081,725 | System and Method of Three-Dimensional Imaging In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,494,738 | Single Mode Fiber Combiners In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,483,533 | Fiber-Coupled Laser Diode Illumination Systems with Stable Beam Propagation In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,620,126 | Optical Fiber Structure and a Method of Producing Thereof held by Nlight Oy In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,254,009 | Optically Powered Electro-Optical Component In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,493,645 | Optically Powered Optical Modulator In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 213: 3 patents in force now held by others · 77 patents ended · 39 applications pending · 35 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.