1,602 patents currently held

94 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.

2 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.

The next term ends in Dec 2026. from the record

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Ending by 2030

Dec 2026

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1,592

Patent families

When these terms end

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Held patents by the year their term ends

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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

Reflector Array Antenna with Crossed Polarization Compensation and Method for Producing Such an Antenna US 9,112,281

The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 143 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data. Protection runs to 2032.

Ends Jul 2032 · High confidence Also notable

Radar System and Method US 9,372,263

Cited by 43 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2028.

Ends Dec 2028 · High confidence Also notable

Moisture-Resistant Electronic Component and Process for Producing Such a Component US 11,545,448

A family of 18 related applications built on the 2023 grant. Protection runs to 2040.

Ends Jul 2040 · High confidence

Formerly held, still cited

Notable

Surgeon Head-Mounted Display Apparatuses US 10,013,808

Cited by 82 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2036.

now held by Globus Medical, Inc.

Ends May 2036 · High confidence

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.

6 fees due Nov 14 to 30, 2026 · next Nov 14
34 fees due Dec 2 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 2
22 fees due Jan 2 to 28, 2027 · next Jan 2
31 fees due Feb 4 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 4
23 fees due Mar 1 to 29, 2027 · next Mar 1
29 fees due Apr 1 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 1
34 fees due May 3 to 26, 2027 · next May 3
23 fees due Jun 1 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 1
19 fees due Jul 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 2
27 fees due Aug 2 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 2
34 fees due Sep 1 to 29, 2027 · next Sep 1
24 fees due Oct 5 to 28, 2027 · next Oct 5
9 fees due Nov 5 to 12, 2027 · next Nov 5

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Recent changes

Nov 3Assignment recorded on 1 record: Lee, Mane-Si Laure and 6 others to Thales Recorded Nov 3, 2026, executed Oct 6, 2026. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76615, frame 520.
Nov 2Assignment recorded on 1 record: Guesdon, Maxime and 2 others to Thales Recorded Nov 2, 2026, executed Jul 10, 2026. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76589, frame 383.
28 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
27 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 1,592 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Antenna Assembly with a Multi-Band Radome and Associated Methods	5 in force	to Jun 2035
Method for Self-Testing an Angle-Of-Attack Probe and Method for Checking the Velocity of an Airflow Provided by a Series of Associated Pitot Probes and Angle-Of-Attack Probe	2 in force	to Jan 2041
Self-Optimized System and Method Using a Fuzzy Genetic Algorithm	2 in force	to May 2038
Method of Optimizing Picture Captures Carried Out by an Airborne Radar Imaging Device, and Mission System Implementing Such a Method	2 in force	to Mar 2038
Method for Optimizing the Size of a Data Subset of a Processing Space for Improved Execution Performance	2 in force	to Aug 2035

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,634,335	Distance Estimating Method for Aircraft Taking Air Navigation Restrictions into Account In force Term ends Dec 13, 2026 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 13, 2026	High confidence
US 7,711,456	Device for Safely Operating a Flight Control Actuator of an Aircraft In force Term ends Dec 13, 2026 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 13, 2026	High confidence
US 7,714,792	Array Antenna with Shaped Reflector(S), Highly Reconfigurable in Orbit In force Term ends Dec 21, 2026 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 21, 2026	High confidence
US 8,478,460	System and Method to Assist in the Braking of an Aircraft on a Landing Runway In force Term ends Jan 3, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 3, 2027	High confidence
US 7,447,590	Architecture of an Onboard Aircraft Piloting Aid System In force Term ends Feb 9, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 9, 2027	High confidence
US 7,729,045	Amplifier Chain for Generating Ultrashort Different Width Light Pulses In force Term ends Feb 28, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 28, 2027	High confidence
US 7,636,199	Optical Device for Superposing Electronic Images in Front of an Objective In force Term ends Mar 4, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 4, 2027	High confidence
US 7,707,886	Micro-Machined Gyrometric Sensor for Differential Measurement of the Movement of Vibrating Masses In force Term ends Mar 30, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 30, 2027	High confidence
US 8,098,175	Aircraft Instrument Panel In force Term ends Apr 7, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 7, 2027	High confidence
US 9,583,055	Sequential Colour Matrix Liquid Crystal Display In force Ends no later than Apr 12, 2027 · Low confidence	In force	Ends no later than Apr 12, 2027	Low confidence

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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.

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