Maintenance fees coming due

Sun Microsystems Inc.

47 maintenance fees come due in the 12 months from Nov 15, 2026, the next on Dec 2, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 2, 2027, that one lapses early.

A maintenance fee does not end a patent on its due date. It falls due at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant, and the patent lapses only if the fee is still unpaid at the end of the six month grace period that follows.

Patent	Title	Holder	Status	Fee due	Lapses if unpaid	Expires	Confidence
US 9,047,197	a non-coherent store instruction for FAST INTER-STRAND DATA COMMUNICATION FOR PROCESSORS WITH WRITE-THROUGH L1 CACHES Sun Microsystems, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 2, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 2, 2027 Term ends Mar 6, 2032 · High confidence	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	In force	Dec 2, 2026	Jun 2, 2027	Term ends Mar 6, 2032	High confidence
US 9,052,944	Obstruction-free data structures and mechanisms with separable and/or substitutable contention management mechanisms Sun Microsystems, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 9, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 9, 2027 Term ends Aug 18, 2028 · High confidence	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	In force	Dec 9, 2026	Jun 9, 2027	Term ends Aug 18, 2028	High confidence
US 9,058,180	Unified High-Frequency Out-Of-Order Pick Queue with Support for Triggering Early Issue of Speculative Instructions Sun Microsystems, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 16, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 16, 2027 Term ends Mar 8, 2032 · High confidence	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	In force	Dec 16, 2026	Jun 16, 2027	Term ends Mar 8, 2032	High confidence
US 9,059,965	Method and System for Enforcing Security Policies on Network Traffic Sun Microsystems, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 16, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 16, 2027 Term ends Oct 28, 2032 · High confidence	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	In force	Dec 16, 2026	Jun 16, 2027	Term ends Oct 28, 2032	High confidence
US 9,060,071	Bluetooth Location Identifier and General Information Broadcaster Sun Microsystems, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 16, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 16, 2027 Term ends Mar 1, 2029 · High confidence	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	In force	Dec 16, 2026	Jun 16, 2027	Term ends Mar 1, 2029	High confidence
US 9,075,920	Integrating software-tests with software development environments or tools that can assist software-testing Sun Microsystems, Inc. In force Fee due Jan 7, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Jul 7, 2027 Term ends Jun 2, 2031 · High confidence	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	In force	Jan 7, 2027	Jul 7, 2027	Term ends Jun 2, 2031	High confidence
US 9,076,124	Method and Apparatus for Organizing and Consolidating Portable Device Functionality Sun Microsystems, Inc. In force Fee due Jan 7, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Jul 7, 2027 Term ends Dec 11, 2027 · High confidence	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	In force	Jan 7, 2027	Jul 7, 2027	Term ends Dec 11, 2027	High confidence
US 9,081,620	Multi-grid mechanism using peer-to-peer protocols Sun Microsystems, Inc. In force Fee due Jan 14, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Jul 14, 2027 Term ends Sep 30, 2029 · High confidence	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	In force	Jan 14, 2027	Jul 14, 2027	Term ends Sep 30, 2029	High confidence
US 9,087,319	System and Method for Designing, Developing and Implementing Internet Service Provider Architectures Sun Microsystems, Inc. In force Fee due Jan 21, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Jul 21, 2027 Term ends Jul 10, 2031 · High confidence	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	In force	Jan 21, 2027	Jul 21, 2027	Term ends Jul 10, 2031	High confidence
US 9,098,210	Automatically Linking Partitions on a Tape Media Device Sun Microsystems, Inc. In force Fee due Feb 4, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Aug 4, 2027 Term ends Feb 26, 2033 · High confidence	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	In force	Feb 4, 2027	Aug 4, 2027	Term ends Feb 26, 2033	High confidence
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