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Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Filings on record here from 2001, where this site's data begins
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3,400 patents currently held

228 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.
1 more record may belong here and awaits a decision; it is not counted.

The next term ends in Nov 2026. from the record

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Held patents by the year their term ends
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
Cell Timing in a Wireless Device and Base Station US 8,989,128
Cited by 256 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2033.
Ends Oct 2033 · High confidence Also notable
Random Access Process in a Multicarrier Base Station and Wireless Device US 9,237,537
Cited by 278 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2033.
Ends Nov 2033 · High confidence Also notable
Exposure Reporting For Wireless Communications US 11,757,483
Cited by 61 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2041.
Ends Oct 2041 · High confidence

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What they patent

The 5 largest of its 1,417 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
Cell Timing in a Wireless Device and Base Station39 in forceto Jan 2034
Handover Signalling in Wireless Networks15 in forceto Jun 2034
Random Access Process in a Multicarrier Base Station and Wireless Device15 in forceto Jan 2034
Special Subframe Allocation15 in forceto Feb 2033
Control Channels in Multicarrier OFDM Transmission14 in forceto Sep 2032

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.
PatentTitleStatusExpiresConfidence
US 8,050,194Customer Premise Equipment Device-Specific Access-Limiting for a Cable Modem and a Customer Premise Equipment Device
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,954,731Device-To-Device Communication Among Customer Premise Equipment Devices
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 11,196,622Initializing, Provisioning, and Managing Devices
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 12,047,230Initializing, Provisioning, and Managing Devices
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,349,132Limiting Recording Demands
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,615,648Method and System for Booting, Provisioning and Activating Hardware and Software Clients
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,890,984Method and System of Video on Demand Dating
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,280,990Edge Qam Configuration and Management
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,726,306Device-Specific Pre-Provisioning Access-Limiting for a Modem and a Consumer Premise Equipment Device
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 12,170,799Method and System of Managing and Allocating Communication Related Resources
In force
 · Low confidence
In forceLow confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 3,400: 228 patents in force now held by others · 154 patents ended · 1,045 applications pending · 194 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.
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.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
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