Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 19, 2021 (Wilmington Trust).
Term ends Feb 4, 2031 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 4, 2031
Held by CommScope Technologies LLC
Filed Oct 13, 2020 as application 17/068,911 · Granted Nov 15, 2022
Base term plus 80 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Feb 4, 2011
Feb 4, 2011
Term ends
Feb 4, 2031
Feb 4, 2031
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Nov 15, 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
80
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,345,531, US 10,838,151, US 8,480,312, US 8,894,300, US 9,104,001, US 9,459,411, US 9,989,707.
1 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.
10
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 runs 80 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Feb 4, 2011, when application 13/021,416, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 13, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 4, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +80 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 25, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,345,531, US 10,838,151, US 8,480,312, US 8,894,300, US 9,104,001, US 9,459,411, US 9,989,707) | capped to Feb 4, 2031 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 15282165, 15282165, 15282165 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 4, 2031 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 8,480,312 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 8,894,300 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,104,001 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,459,411 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,989,707 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,345,531 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,838,151 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 11,500,161 | this patent Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2020 Reel 54729, frame 808 | Smith, Trevor D.; Lu, Yu | ADC Telecommunications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 22, 2020 Reel 54832, frame 617 | ADC Telecommunications, Inc. | Tyco Electronics Services GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 22, 2020 Reel 54834, frame 1 | CommScope Emea Limited | CommScope Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 22, 2020 Reel 55337, frame 376 | Tyco Electronics Services GmbH | CommScope Emea Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2031
Term ends Feb 4, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 80 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,345,531, US 10,838,151, US 8,480,312, US 8,894,300, US 9,104,001, US 9,459,411, US 9,989,707.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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