Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 17, 2024 (Apollo Administrative Agency LLC).
Term ends Feb 4, 2031 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 4, 2031
Held by CommScope Technologies LLC
Filed May 24, 2019 as application 16/421,545 · Granted Nov 17, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Feb 4, 2011
Feb 4, 2011
Term ends
Feb 4, 2031
Feb 4, 2031
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
Nov 17, 2020
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 10,345,531, to Feb 4, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
10
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 2 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 4, 2011, when application 13/021,416, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 24, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 4, 2031 | 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 | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,345,531) | resolves to Feb 4, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 15282165, 15282165 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 4, 2031 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 8,480,312 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 8,894,300 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,104,001 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,459,411 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,989,707 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,345,531 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,838,151 | this patent Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 11,500,161 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2019 Reel 50098, frame 289 | Smith, Trevor D.; Lu, Yu | ADC Telecommunications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 20, 2019 Reel 50099, frame 391 | Tyco Electronics Services GmbH | CommScope Emea Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 20, 2019 Reel 50100, frame 321 | ADC Telecommunications, Inc. | Tyco Electronics Services GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 20, 2019 Reel 50101, frame 1 | CommScope Emea Limited | CommScope Technologies LLC | 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 |
| Mar 8, 2022 Reel 59350, frame 743 | Arris Enterprises LLC; CommScope Technologies LLC; CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Abl Security Agreement |
| Mar 8, 2022 Reel 59350, frame 921 | Arris Enterprises LLC; CommScope Technologies LLC; CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Term Loan Security Agreement |
| Mar 9, 2022 Reel 59710, frame 506 | Arris Enterprises LLC; CommScope Technologies LLC; CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina | Wilmington Trust | Security 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 LLC | Apollo Administrative Agency LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 19, 2024 Reel 69743, frame 704 | 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 059350/0921 |
| 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 059350/0921 |
| 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 059350/0921 |
| 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 059350/0921 |
| Jan 9, 2026 Reel 74282, frame 522 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Arris Enterprises LLC; CommScope Technologies LLC; CommScope North Carolina, LLC (F/K/A CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina) | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame No. 59710/0506 |
| Jan 9, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Arris Enterprises LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame No. 59710/0506 |
| Jan 9, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | CommScope Technologies LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame No. 59710/0506 |
| Jan 9, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | CommScope North Carolina, LLC (F/K/A CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina) | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame No. 59710/0506 |
| Jan 12, 2026 Reel 74594, frame 156 | 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 059350/0743 |
| 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 059350/0743 |
| 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 059350/0743 |
| 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 059350/0743 |
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What's changing
Feb 2031
Term ends Feb 4, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,345,531, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
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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