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CCS Technology, Inc.

33 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
147 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.

Recorded under 2 name spellings.

Recorded as renamed to Corning Optical Communications LLC (2017)

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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 Feb 18, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Strain relief device for cables and fiber optic distribution device (US 9,110,267) comes due Feb 18, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 18, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Mar 1, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Dynamic caterpuller system and method for manufacturing buffer tubes for fiber optic cables (US 9,122,035) comes due Mar 1, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 1, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Aug 2 to 16, 2027 · next Aug 2

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Recent changes

  • 8 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

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 7,783,152Apparatus for restraining fiber optic cables
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US 7,753,597Apparatus for splicing of optical waveguide sections
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US 8,055,114Cable sleeve for the structured storage and handling of optical waveguides guided in optical waveguide cables
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US 8,491,201Apparatus for splicing of optical waveguide sections
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 7,914,210Coupling device for coupling at least one optical waveguide to an optical component
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US 8,588,567Optical cable and method for producing an optical cable
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US 8,023,792System for the distribution of optical fibers
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US 8,175,438Modular separating box for light guides and a system of modular separating boxes for light guides
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US 8,630,521Optical cable
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US 8,165,438Optical cable and method for producing an optical cable
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Also on record, not counted in the 33: 147 patents in force now held by others · 225 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 274 ended at full term · 1 past the fee grace period · 3 surrendered on reissue. 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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