Term ends Oct 3, 2033 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 3, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by CommScope Asia Holdings B.V.
Filed Mar 9, 2021 as application 17/195,909 · Granted Feb 7, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Oct 3, 2013
Oct 3, 2013
Term ends
Oct 3, 2033
Oct 3, 2033
Granted
Feb 7, 2023
Feb 7, 2023
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
7
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 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 3, 2013, when application 14/045,509, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 9, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 3, 2033 | 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 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 3, 2033 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,223,094 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 9,874,711 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 10,317,638 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| US 10,955,633 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 11,573,389 | this patent Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 12,130,487 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| Application 18/899,882 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Oct 2033
Term ends Oct 3, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
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