Also listed on TE Connectivity Belgium, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 25, 2043 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 2, 2043
Held by Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd.
Filed Feb 2, 2023 as application 18/163,322 · Granted Sep 9, 2025
Base term plus 296 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2023
2043
Clock starts
Feb 2, 2023
Feb 2, 2023
Term ends
Nov 25, 2043
Nov 25, 2043
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Sep 9, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
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
296
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 296 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 Feb 2, 2023, when this application, 18/163,322, was filed | Feb 2, 2043 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +296 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 25, 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 | Nov 25, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2023 Reel 62568, frame 443 | Zhang, Xingzhe | TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2023 Reel 62568, frame 472 | Sosa, Oscar | TE Sensors, S. de R.L. de C.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2023 Reel 62568, frame 454 | Ocket, Tom | TE Connectivity Belgium B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2023 Reel 62568, frame 487 | Xiao, Zhiliu | TE Connectivity (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 7, 2023 Reel 63214, frame 189 | Xiao, Zhiliu | Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2043
Term ends Nov 25, 2043. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 296 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
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2025 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.