Also listed on Tyco Electronics Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 19, 2043 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 12, 2041
Held by TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
Filed May 12, 2021 as application 17/317,940 · Granted Jun 17, 2025
Base term plus 737 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2021
2043
Clock starts
May 12, 2021
May 12, 2021
Term ends
May 19, 2043
May 19, 2043
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Jun 17, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
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
737
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.
This patent's term runs 737 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 12, 2021, when this application, 17/317,940, was filed | May 12, 2041 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +737 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 19, 2043 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 19, 2043 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2021 Reel 56209, frame 542 | Slistan, Angel Alberto | Tyco Electronics Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2021 Reel 56209, frame 510 | Zhou, Lei; Zhang, Dandan | Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2021 Reel 56209, frame 501 | Osunkwo, Sonny O.; Lu, Roberto Francisco-yi; Zhou, Jiankun | TE Connectivity Services GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 7, 2022 Reel 60305, frame 923 | TE Connectivity Services GmbH | TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2043
Term ends May 19, 2043. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 737 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.