Tyco Electronics Corporation

9 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026

1,050 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 30 name spellings.

Recorded as renamed to TE Connectivity Corporation (2017)

Ending by 2030

Mar 2029

Next term end

When these terms end

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Held patents by the year their term ends

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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.

2 fees due Jun 1 to 3, 2027 · next Jun 1
1 fee due Jul 19, 2027
The maintenance fee for LED connector (US 9,239,135) comes due Jul 19, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 19, 2028, it lapses early.
1 fee due Sep 15, 2027
The maintenance fee for PTC device (US 9,287,696) comes due Sep 15, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 15, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

32 terms have ended since Aug 17, 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.

Showing 1 to 9 of 9

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US D723,699	Display Device In force Term ends Mar 3, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 3, 2029	High confidence
US D723,700	Touch Screen Display Device In force Term ends Mar 3, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 3, 2029	High confidence
US 9,287,696	PTC device In force Term ends Jun 14, 2032 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jun 14, 2032	From the USPTO record
US 8,790,129	User configurable connector In force Term ends Feb 17, 2033 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Feb 17, 2033	From the USPTO record
US 9,201,546	Acoustic Touch Apparatus with Multi-Touch Capability In force Term ends Jul 16, 2033 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 16, 2033	High confidence
US 9,239,135	LED connector In force Term ends Jul 6, 2034 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jul 6, 2034	From the USPTO record
US 9,343,882	Power Cable with Ability to Provide Optical Fiber Upgrade In force Term ends Jul 7, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 7, 2034	High confidence
US 10,498,100	Electrical Connector Assembly Having Press Tabs for Seating Tool In force Term ends Jul 6, 2038 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 6, 2038	High confidence
US 12,333,697	Neural Network Architecture for Automated Part Inspection In force Term ends May 19, 2043 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 19, 2043	High confidence

Also on record, not counted in the 9: 1,050 patents in force now held by others · 1,230 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 1,206 ended at full term · 3 past the fee grace period · 6 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.

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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.

112 abandoned · 174 no status recorded

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