Term ends Oct 1, 2032 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 1, 2032
Filed May 3, 2021 as application 17/306,156 · Granted Feb 28, 2023
Base term plus 19 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Oct 1, 2012
Oct 1, 2012
Term ends
Oct 1, 2032
Oct 1, 2032
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Feb 28, 2023
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
19
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 9,739,969.
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 runs 19 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 Oct 1, 2012, when application 13/632,781, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 3, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 1, 2032 | 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 | +19 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 20, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,739,969) | capped to Oct 1, 2032 | 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: 16433197, 15093922, 15093922 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 1, 2032 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 9,106,981 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 9,310,578 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 9,739,969 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 10,317,636 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 10,996,415 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 11,592,635 | this patent Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| Application 18/114,640 | Abandoned 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 |
| Jun 6, 2022 Reel 60283, frame 826 | Adc Czech Republic, S.r.o. | CommScope Czech Republic S.R.O. | Change of Name |
| Aug 26, 2024 Reel 68770, frame 460 | Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (ABL) |
| Aug 26, 2024 Reel 68770, frame 632 | Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (TERM) |
| Aug 26, 2024 Reel 68793, frame 514 | CommScope Technologies LLC | Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC | Assignment of Assignor's 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 69743, frame 264 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 068770/0632 |
| 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 13, 2025 Reel 69834, frame 655 | CommScope Connectivity Belgium B.V.; CommScope Connectivity UK Limited; CommScope Czech Republic SRO | Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 7, 2025 Reel 70149, frame 432 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC | Release (REEL 068770 / Frame 0460) |
| Feb 7, 2025 Reel 70154, frame 183 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC | Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Feb 7, 2025 Reel 70154, frame 341 | Apollo Administrative Agency LLC | Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC | Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 069889/FRAME 0114 |
| Apr 3, 2025 Reel 70725, frame 573 | Vastmans, Kristof; De Vos, Pieter Arthur Anna | Tyco Electronics Raychem Bcba | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2025 Reel 70725, frame 800 | Marak, Juraj | Adc Czech Republic, S.r.o. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2025 Reel 70726, frame 27 | Schuemann, Sven; Kahle, Eberhard | Tyco Electronics Amp GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2025 Reel 70726, frame 122 | Tyco Electronics Amp GmbH | Tyco Electronics Services GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2025 Reel 70733, frame 1 | Tyco Electronics Services GmbH | CommScope Emea Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2025 Reel 70746, frame 551 | Tyco Electronics Raychem Bvba | CommScope Connectivity Belgium Bvba | Change of Name |
| Apr 4, 2025 Reel 70735, frame 878 | Standish, Ian Miles | Tyco Electronics UK Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 4, 2025 Reel 70735, frame 954 | Tyco Electronics UK Ltd. | Tyco Electronics UK Infrastructure Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 4, 2025 Reel 70743, frame 321 | Tyco Electronics UK Infrastructure Limited | CommScope Connectivity UK Limited | Change of Name |
| 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 2032
Term ends Oct 1, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 19 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 9,739,969.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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