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Sealed Terminal with Angled Output Ports

US 10,996,415 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Lapsed May 4, 2025 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jun 6, 2019 as application 16/433,197 · Granted May 4, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed May 4, 2025
2012 2032
Clock starts
Oct 1, 2012
No longer in force
May 4, 2025
Granted
May 4, 2021
Term would have run to
Oct 1, 2032
base term after the term ends 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
0 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.
7
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Oct 1, 2032: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Medium. 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 1, 2012, when application 13/632,781, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 6, 2019)Oct 1, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed May 4, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 4, 2025Medium confidence

This family

US 9,106,981Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2023
Aug 2023
US 9,310,578In force
Oct 2032
Oct 2032
US 9,739,969Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2025
Aug 2025
US 10,317,636In force
Oct 2032
Oct 2032
US 10,996,415this patent
May 2025
May 2025
US 11,592,635In force
Oct 2032
Oct 2032
Application 18/114,640Abandoned
not computed
not computed
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
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
Jun 6, 2022
Reel 60283, frame 826
Adc Czech Republic, S.r.o.CommScope Czech Republic S.R.O.Change of Name
Aug 26, 2024
Reel 68770, frame 460
Outdoor Wireless Networks LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement (ABL)
Aug 26, 2024
Reel 68770, frame 632
Outdoor Wireless Networks LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement (TERM)
Aug 26, 2024
Reel 68793, frame 514
CommScope Technologies LLCOutdoor Wireless Networks LLCAssignment of Assignor's 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
Dec 19, 2024
Reel 69743, frame 264
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentOutdoor Wireless Networks LLCRelease of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 068770/0632
Jan 13, 2025
Reel 69834, frame 655
CommScope Connectivity Belgium B.V.; CommScope Connectivity UK Limited; CommScope Czech Republic SROOutdoor Wireless Networks LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 7, 2025
Reel 70149, frame 432
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Outdoor Wireless Networks LLCRelease (REEL 068770 / Frame 0460)
Feb 7, 2025
Reel 70154, frame 183
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National AssociationOutdoor Wireless Networks LLCPartial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Feb 7, 2025
Reel 70154, frame 341
Apollo Administrative Agency LLCOutdoor Wireless Networks LLCPartial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 069889/FRAME 0114

Sources

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

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