Term ended May 22, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 22, 2026
Held by CommScope North Carolina, LLC
Filed Apr 10, 2019 as application 16/380,419 · Granted Mar 3, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended May 22, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
May 22, 2006
May 22, 2006
Term ended
May 22, 2026
May 22, 2026
Granted
Mar 3, 2020
Mar 3, 2020
base term
after the term ends
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,537,393, US 7,758,257, US 8,992,098, US 9,690,057, to May 22, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
12
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 22, 2006, when application 11/438,647, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 10, 2019) | May 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,537,393, US 7,758,257, US 8,992,098, US 9,690,057) | resolves to May 22, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 22, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,537,393 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 7,758,257 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 8,992,098 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 9,229,174 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 9,690,057 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 10,012,805 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 10,302,878 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 10,578,812 | this patent May 2026 | May 2026 |
8 of 12 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2019 Reel 49846, frame 550 | Anderson, Timothy W.; Case, Richard L. | CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 19, 2021 Reel 60752, frame 1 | Arris Solutions, Inc.; Arris Enterprises LLC; CommScope Technologies LLC; CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina; Ruckus Wireless, Inc. | Wilmington Trust | Security Interest |
| Apr 29, 2024 Reel 67252, frame 657 | Arris Enterprises LLC; CommScope Technologies LLC; CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (ABL) |
| Apr 29, 2024 Reel 67259, frame 697 | Arris Enterprises LLC; CommScope Technologies LLC; CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (TERM) |
| Dec 17, 2024 Reel 69889, frame 114 | Arris Enterprises LLC; CommScope Technologies LLC; CommScope Inc., of North Carolina; Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC; Ruckus IP Holdings LLC | Apollo Administrative Agency LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 19, 2024 Reel 69790, frame 575 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Arris Enterprises LLC (F/K/A Arris Enterprises, Inc.); CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina; CommScope Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 067259/0697 |
| Dec 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Arris Enterprises LLC (F/K/A Arris Enterprises, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 067259/0697 |
| Dec 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 067259/0697 |
| Dec 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | CommScope Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 067259/0697 |
| Dec 10, 2025 Reel 73888, frame 404 | CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina | CommScope North Carolina, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 12, 2026 Reel 74593, frame 348 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Arris Enterprises LLC; CommScope Technologies LLC; CommScope North Carolina, LLC (F/K/A CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina) | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 067252/0657 |
| Jan 12, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Arris Enterprises LLC | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 067252/0657 |
| Jan 12, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | CommScope Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 067252/0657 |
| Jan 12, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | CommScope North Carolina, LLC (F/K/A CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina) | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 067252/0657 |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,537,393, US 7,758,257, US 8,992,098, US 9,690,057, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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