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38 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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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 Dec 4, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Heat Dissipating Cable Jacket (US 10,312,000) comes due Dec 4, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 4, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Jan 2 to 21, 2027 · next Jan 2
  • 3 fees due May 5 to 24, 2027 · next May 5
  • 1 fee due Jun 24, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Twisted Pair Data Communication Cable with Individually Shieled Pairs Using Discontinuous Shielding Tape (US 10,515,744) comes due Jun 24, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 27, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Aug 4, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Patch Panels for Use with Fiber Optic and Copper Cables and Support Rack for the Same (US 10,555,055) comes due Aug 4, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 4, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 21, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Reversible Polarity Mpo Fiber Optic Connector with a Removable Key (US 10,627,580) comes due Oct 21, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 21, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 7,664,354System and Method for Loose Tube Tight Buffer Indoor/Outdoor Optical Fiber Cable
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,558,454Optical Fiber Cable and Method for Making the Same
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,550,674Utp Cable
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,560,646Profiled Insulation and Method for Making the Same
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,609,926Optical Fiber Cable
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,570,854Flat Wide Water Swellable Binder for Optical Fiber Tubes
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,184,934Optical Fiber Cable
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,737,788Fiber Optic Cable Design with Improved Compression Test Results
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,972,421Fep Modification to Reduce Skew in Data Communications Cables
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,639,076Fiber Optic Cable with Improved Low Temperature and Compression Resistance
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 38: 2 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 10 ended at full term · 1 past the fee grace period. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

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