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Method of Forming an Optical Connector

US 10,094,984 In force
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Term ends Jun 3, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Oct 27, 2017 as application 15/795,779 · Granted Oct 9, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Jun 3, 2013
Term ends
Jun 3, 2033
Granted
Oct 9, 2018
base term fee events 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 3, 2013, when application 13/908,227, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 27, 2017)Jun 3, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 3, 2033High confidence

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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 27, 2017
Reel 43970, frame 583
Danley, Jeffrey Dean; Elkins, Robert Bruce, II; Miller, Darrin Max; Morrison, Dennis CraigCorning Cable Systems LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 27, 2017
Reel 43970, frame 674
Corning Cable Systems LLCCorning Optical Communications LLC; Corning Optical Comunications LLCChange of Name
Oct 27, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Corning Cable Systems LLCCorning Optical Communications LLCChange of Name
Oct 27, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Corning Cable Systems LLCCorning Optical Comunications LLCChange of Name

Sources

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