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Optical Communication Cable

US 11,409,064 In force
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Term ends Apr 1, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Jan 11, 2021 as application 17/145,781 · Granted Aug 9, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Apr 1, 2014
Term ends
Apr 1, 2034
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Maintenance fees paid
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 1, 2014, when application 14/231,875, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 11, 2021)Apr 1, 2034High 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 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 1, 2034High 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
Jan 11, 2021
Reel 54877, frame 363
Emmerich, Michael; McAlpine, Warren Welborn; Wuensch, GuenterCorning Optical Communications LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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