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Insulation Piercing Connector Assemblies with Captive Cable End Caps

US 12,771,050 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Tyco Electronics - Simel, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 29, 2044 · High confidence

Filed Nov 15, 2023 as application 18/510,075 · Granted Oct 20, 2026
Base term plus 380 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2023 2044
Clock starts
Nov 15, 2023
Term ends
Nov 29, 2044
Granted
Oct 20, 2026
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
380
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.
2
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 380 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 Nov 15, 2023, when this application, 18/510,075, was filedNov 15, 2043High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+380 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 29, 2044High 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 orderNov 29, 2044High confidence

This family

US 12,771,050this patent
Nov 2044
Nov 2044
Application 19/714,191Pending
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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
Nov 15, 2023
Reel 65577, frame 298
Dossmann, JulienTyco Electronics - SimelAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 15, 2023
Reel 65577, frame 330
Draughn, AustinTE Connectivity Solutions GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 15, 2023
Reel 65577, frame 423
Pullium, George, IIITE Connectivity Solutions GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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