37 patents currently held
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 Jan 2029. from the record
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Ending by 2030
Jan 2029
Next term end
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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 Oct 2030 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Mar 2040 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Nov 2035 · High confidence
Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliant Architecture and Associated Methodology of Managing a Service Infrastructure
US 8,261,342
Cited by 49 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2030.
Multi-Path User Datagram Protocol
US 11,716,644
Cited by 4 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2040.
Updating Electronic Devices Using a Push Model
US 11,588,707
Granted 2023. Computed term ends 2035. 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.
- 1 fee due Nov 26, 2026The maintenance fee for Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliant Architecture and Associated Methodology of Managing a Service Infrastructure (US 9,043,897) comes due Nov 26, 2026. Unpaid by May 26, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Dec 25, 2026The maintenance fee for Providing Secure Remote Access to a Device at a Merchant Location (US 10,332,090) comes due Dec 25, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 25, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Jan 7, 2027The maintenance fee for Transferring Virtual Machines and Resource Localization in a Distributed Fault-Tolerant System (US 9,077,665) comes due Jan 7, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 7, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Feb 1 to 11, 2027 · next Feb 1
- 1 fee due Mar 5, 2027The maintenance fee for Secure Ephemeral Access to Insecure Devices (US 11,750,585) comes due Mar 5, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 7, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Apr 1, 2027The maintenance fee for Virtual Machine Automated Selection (US 10,430,216) comes due Apr 1, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 1, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Jun 17, 2027The maintenance fee for Virtual devices in a reliable distributed computing system (US 10,509,662) comes due Jun 17, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 17, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Oct 23, 2027The maintenance fee for Camera Health Determination Based on Local Analysis of Scene Information Content (US 11,968,353) comes due Oct 23, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 24, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
- 2 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 25 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Zero Memory Buffer Copying in a Reliable Distributed Computing System | 3 in force | to Sep 2035 |
| Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliant Architecture and Associated Methodology of Managing a Service Infrastructure | 3 in force | to Oct 2030 |
| Updating Electronic Devices Using a Push Model | 2 in force | to Nov 2035 |
| Resource Management in a Virtual Machine Cluster | 2 in force | to Nov 2034 |
| Virtual devices in a reliable distributed computing system | 2 in force | to Nov 2034 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,724,154 | System and Method for Food Service Storage Bin Monitoring In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,949,969 | Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliant Architecture and Associated Methodology of Managing a Service Infrastructure In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,043,897 | Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliant Architecture and Associated Methodology of Managing a Service Infrastructure In force (reinstated) · High confidence | In force (reinstated) | High confidence | |
| US 8,261,342 | Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliant Architecture and Associated Methodology of Managing a Service Infrastructure In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,639,971 | Condition Detection and Reporting in Complex Systems In force (reinstated) · High confidence | In force (reinstated) | High confidence | |
| US 9,847,906 | Distributed Dynamic System Configuration In force (reinstated) · High confidence | In force (reinstated) | High confidence | |
| US 8,949,305 | Distributed Dynamic System Configuration In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 11,036,603 | Distributed Test Suite Tools In force (reinstated) · Medium confidence | In force (reinstated) | Medium confidence | |
| US 9,104,651 | Techniques for Distributing Tests and Test Suites Across a Network In force (reinstated) · High confidence | In force (reinstated) | High confidence | |
| US 10,019,287 | Virtual Machine Resource Display In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 37: 2 patents ended · 4 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.