19 patents currently held
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
2 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.
The next term ends in Mar 2033. from the record
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Ending by 2030
Mar 2033
Next term end
9
Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
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.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Mar 2033 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Feb 2035 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Jun 2041 · High confidence
Method and System for Determining Whether a Barcode Is Genuine Using a Deviation from an Idealized Grid
US 10,552,848
Cited by 20 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data. Protection runs to 2033.
Methods and a Computing Device for Determining Whether a Mark is Genuine
US 9,940,572
Cited by 24 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2035.
Methods and System for Imaging of Moving Printed Materials by an Optical Device Having Plurality of Cameras Arranged in an Array
US 11,811,983
The newest of the three, granted 2023. It anchors the portfolio to 2041, later than anything else here.
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 13 to 20, 2027 · next Feb 13
- 2 fees due May 7 to 19, 2027 · next May 7
- 1 fee due Jul 28, 2027The maintenance fee for Method and System for Determining an Authenticity of a Barcode Using Edge Linearity (US 10,546,171) comes due Jul 28, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 28, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Aug 4, 2027The maintenance fee for Method and System for Determining Whether a Barcode Is Genuine Using a Deviation from an Idealized Grid (US 10,552,848) comes due Aug 4, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 4, 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 9 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Unique Identification Information From Marked Features | 9 in force | to Mar 2033 |
| Methods and System for Imaging of Moving Printed Materials by an Optical Device Having Plurality of Cameras Arranged in an Array | 2 in force | to Jun 2041 |
| Methods and a Computing Device for Determining Whether a Mark Is Genuine | 2 in force | to Feb 2035 |
| Synthetic Image Generation Using Artificial Intelligence | 1 in force | to Jun 2043 |
| Mark Authentication with Distortion Tolerance | 1 in force | to Apr 2043 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 8,950,662 | Unique Identification Information From Marked Features In force (reinstated) · High confidence | In force (reinstated) | High confidence | |
| US 10,380,601 | Unique Identification Information from Marked Features In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,387,703 | Methods and a System for Verifying the Identity of a Printed Item In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,482,303 | Methods and a System for Verifying the Authenticity of a Mark In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,546,171 | Method and System for Determining an Authenticity of a Barcode Using Edge Linearity In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,552,848 | Method and System for Determining Whether a Barcode Is Genuine Using a Deviation from an Idealized Grid In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,832,026 | Method and System for Determining Whether a Barcode Is Genuine Using a Gray Level Co-Occurrence Matrix In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,922,699 | Method and System for Determining Whether a Barcode Is Genuine Using a Deviation from a Nominal Shape In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,997,385 | Methods and a System for Verifying the Authenticity of a Mark Using Trimmed Sets of Metrics In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,519,942 | Methods and a Computing Device for Determining Whether a Mark Is Genuine In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 19: 6 applications pending · 5 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.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.