Also listed on Tyco Electronics Pty Limited, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 27, 2021 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).
Term ends Jul 10, 2034 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 19, 2034
Held by Subcom, LLC
Filed Jan 5, 2017 as application 15/399,152 · Granted Dec 31, 2019
Base term plus 198 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Feb 19, 2014
Feb 19, 2014
Term ends
Jul 10, 2034
Jul 10, 2034
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Dec 31, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
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
198
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,559,801.
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.
2
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 runs 198 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 19, 2014, when application 14/184,199, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 5, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 19, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +198 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 5, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,559,801) | capped to Jul 10, 2034 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 14184199 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 10, 2034 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 9,559,801 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 10,523,355 | this patent Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2017 Reel 40934, frame 967 | Muth, Edwin; Nyman, Bruce; Garrett, Lara Denise; Jander, Ralph Brian | Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 10, 2017 Reel 40935, frame 192 | Englund, Mark | Tyco Electronics Pty Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 3, 2017 Reel 41166, frame 155 | Tyco Electronics Pty Limited | TE Connectivity Australia Pty Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 12, 2018 Reel 47148, frame 151 | TE Connectivity Australia Pty Ltd. | Subsea Communications Australia Pty Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 2, 2018 Reel 47924, frame 194 | Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC | Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 16, 2018 Reel 47586, frame 655 | Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC | Subcom, LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 27, 2021 Reel 56067, frame 462 | Subcom, LLC | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 27, 2021 Reel 57215, frame 950 | Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as Administrative Agent | Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2034
Term ends Jul 10, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 198 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,559,801.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.