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Automated Deployment of Internet Connectivity to Rack Switches in a Data Center

US 11,374,880 In force
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Term ends Jun 17, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Nov 26, 2019 as application 16/695,663 · Granted Jun 28, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Jun 17, 2019
Term ends
Jun 17, 2039
Granted
Jun 28, 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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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Family applications on record here
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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

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 17, 2019, when application 16/442,997, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 26, 2019)Jun 17, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 17, 2039High confidence

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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
Dec 5, 2019
Reel 51195, frame 741
Lochhead, Jason Anthony; Subramanian, Manikandan; Hess, David; Ballard, Mike Andra; Wayne, Adam ScottCyxtera Data Centers, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 23, 2020
Reel 52216, frame 574
Lochhead, Jason Anthony; Subramanian, Manikandan; Hess, David; Ballard, Michael Andra; Wayne, Adam ScottCyxtera Data Centers, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Spelling of the Fourth Assignor's Name Previously Recorded on Reel 051195 Frame 0741. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Mar 20, 2023
Reel 63117, frame 893
Cyxtera Data Centers, Inc.Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Jan 23, 2024
Reel 66216, frame 286
Cyxtera Data Centers, Inc.Phoenix Infrastructure LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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