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Ruggedized Fiber Optic Connectors and Connection Systems

US 10,317,628 In force
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Term ends Aug 25, 2034 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Aug 11, 2017 as application 15/675,189 · Granted Jun 11, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Aug 25, 2014
Term ends
Aug 25, 2034
Granted
Jun 11, 2019
base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
8
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 25, 2014, when application PCT/EP2014/068010, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 11, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Aug 25, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 25, 2034Medium confidence

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Sources

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