Term ends Jan 16, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 16, 2039
Held by Belden Canada ULC
Filed Jun 12, 2020 as application 16/900,285 · Granted Nov 30, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jan 16, 2019
Jan 16, 2019
Term ends
Jan 16, 2039
Jan 16, 2039
Granted
Nov 30, 2021
Nov 30, 2021
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 16, 2019, when application 16/249,442, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 12, 2020) | Jan 16, 2039 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 16, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,809,479 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 11,187,864 | this patent Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 11,796,751 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 12,153,272 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| Application 18/961,136 | Pending 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2020 Reel 52967, frame 79 | Crawford, Dwayne; Kedzierski, Olivier | Belden Canada Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Jul 15, 2021 Reel 56887, frame 573 | Belden Canada Inc. | Belden Canada ULC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2039
Term ends Jan 16, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.