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Single Line Passive Optical Network Converter Module

US 10,749,609 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 19, 2021 (Wilmington Trust).

Term ends Oct 30, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Aug 16, 2019 as application 16/543,148 · Granted Aug 18, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2014
Term ends
Oct 30, 2034
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,419,129, US 9,900,108, to Oct 30, 2034. 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.
5
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. 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 30, 2014, when application PCT/US2014/063151, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 16, 2019)Oct 30, 2034High 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 10,419,129, US 9,900,108)resolves to Oct 30, 2034, 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 30, 2034High confidence

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US 9,900,108In force
Oct 2034
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US 10,419,129In force
Oct 2034
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US 10,749,609this patent
Oct 2034
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US 11,218,229In force
Oct 2034
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4 of 5 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 8, 2020
Reel 52340, frame 699
Brown, David; Mather, David; Shaddock, Robert Neil; Weeks, William Atley; Franckx, Joris; Erreygers, Jan Jozef Julia MariaTyco Electronics UK Ltd.; Tyco Electronics Corporation; Tyco Electronics Raychem BvbaAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 8, 2020
Reel 52341, frame 1
Tyco Electronics UK Ltd.Tyco Electronics UK Infrastructure LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 8, 2020
Reel 52341, frame 174
Tyco Electronics UK Infrastructure LimitedCommScope Connectivity UK LimitedChange of Name
Apr 8, 2020
Reel 52341, frame 323
Tyco Electronics Raychem BvbaCommScope Connectivity Belgium BvbaChange of Name
Apr 8, 2020
Reel 52341, frame 555
Tyco Electronics CorporationADC Telecommunications, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 8, 2020
Reel 52341, frame 670
ADC Telecommunications, Inc.; TE Connectivity Solutions GmbHTyco Electronics Services GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 8, 2020
Reel 52342, frame 1
Tyco Electronics Services GmbHCommScope Emea LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 8, 2020
Reel 52343, frame 1
CommScope Emea LimitedCommScope Technologies LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Shaddock, Robert Neil; Erreygers, Jan Jozef Julia Maria; Mather, David; Brown, David; Franckx, Joris; Weeks, William AtleyTyco Electronics UK Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Shaddock, Robert Neil; Erreygers, Jan Jozef Julia Maria; Mather, David; Brown, David; Franckx, Joris; Weeks, William AtleyTyco Electronics CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Shaddock, Robert Neil; Erreygers, Jan Jozef Julia Maria; Mather, David; Brown, David; Franckx, Joris; Weeks, William AtleyTyco Electronics Raychem BvbaAssignment 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 TrustSecurity Interest
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 LLCApollo Administrative Agency LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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