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Optical Modulator Having a Plurality of Modulator Segments

US 10,451,903 In force
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Term ends Oct 9, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Jan 8, 2018 as application 15/864,188 · Granted Oct 22, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Oct 9, 2015
Term ends
Oct 9, 2035
Granted
Oct 22, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,874,767, to Oct 9, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. 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 Oct 9, 2015, when application 14/879,149, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 8, 2018)Oct 9, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,874,767)resolves to Oct 9, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 9, 2035High 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
Mar 8, 2018
Reel 45142, frame 642
Ding, Ran; Baehr-jones, Thomas Wetteland; Magill, Peter D.; Hochberg, Michael J.; Rylyakov, AlexanderCoriant Advanced Technology, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 8, 2018
Reel 45529, frame 568
Coriant Advanced Technology, LLCElenion Technologies, LLCChange of Name
Apr 16, 2018
Reel 45959, frame 1
Elenion Technologies CorporationEastward Fund Management, LLCSecurity Interest
Feb 8, 2019
Reel 48289, frame 60
Elenion Technologies, LLC; Elenion Technologies CorporationHercules Capital Inc., as AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 8, 2019
Reel 48290, frame 70
Eastward Fund Management, LLCElenion Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Mar 27, 2020
Reel 52251, frame 186
Hercules Capital, Inc.Elenion Technologies Corporation; Elenion Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 27, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Hercules Capital, Inc.Elenion Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Mar 27, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Hercules Capital, Inc.Elenion Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 10, 2023
Reel 63272, frame 876
Elenion Technologies LLCNokia Solutions and Networks OyAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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