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Tray System for Providing Modular Cassette Configurations in a Fiber Optic Management System

US 11,740,423 In force
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Term ends Oct 2, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Feb 3, 2023 as application 18/105,639 · Granted Aug 29, 2023
Base term plus 5 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Sep 27, 2018
Term ends
Oct 2, 2038
Granted
Aug 29, 2023
base term 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
5
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 3
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.
7
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 5 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 27, 2018, when application 16/143,831, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 3, 2023)Sep 27, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+5 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 2, 2038High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 2, 2038High confidence

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US 11,740,423this patent
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US 12,332,491In force
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Application 19/239,502Pending
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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
Jun 2, 2023
Reel 63823, frame 609
Belden Canada Inc.Belden Canada ULCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 2, 2023
Reel 63837, frame 902
Pilon, VincentBelden Canada Inc.Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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