Term ends Oct 30, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 30, 2034
Filed Jul 9, 2020 as application 16/924,833 · Granted Jan 4, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2014
Oct 30, 2014
Term ends
Oct 30, 2034
Oct 30, 2034
Granted
Jan 4, 2022
Jan 4, 2022
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 10,749,609, 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 30, 2014, when application PCT/US2014/063151, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 9, 2020) | Oct 30, 2034 | 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 10,419,129, US 10,749,609, US 9,900,108) | resolves to Oct 30, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Oct 30, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,900,108 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 10,419,129 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 10,749,609 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 11,218,229 | this patent Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2021 Reel 58843, frame 712 | Arris Enterprises LLC; CommScope Technologies LLC; CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Abl Security Agreement |
| Nov 15, 2021 Reel 58875, frame 449 | Arris Enterprises LLC; CommScope Technologies LLC; CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Term Loan Security Agreement |
| 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 |
| 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 57 | 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 058875/0449 |
| 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 058875/0449 |
| 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 058875/0449 |
| 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 058875/0449 |
| Jan 12, 2026 Reel 74591, frame 389 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Arris Enterprises LLC; CommScope North Carolina, LLC (F/K/A CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina); CommScope Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 058843/0712 |
| 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 058843/0712 |
| 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 058843/0712 |
| 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 058843/0712 |
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What's changing
Oct 2034
Term ends Oct 30, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,419,129, US 10,749,609, US 9,900,108, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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