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Optical Switch with Co-Axial Alignment Beam

US 7,777,961 In force (reinstated)
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Trex Enterprises Corp., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jan 23, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Mar 26, 2007 as application 11/728,335 · Granted Aug 17, 2010
Base term plus 303 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2028
Clock starts
Mar 26, 2007
Term ends
Jan 23, 2028
Granted
Aug 17, 2010
base term patent term adjustment 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
303
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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 303 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Mar 26, 2007, when this application, 11/728,335, was filedMar 26, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+303 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 23, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn force (reinstated)High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 23, 2028High 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 13, 2007
Reel 19593, frame 599
Korevaar, Eric; Taketomi, YoshiTrex Enterprises Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 25, 2013
Reel 31280, frame 516
Trex Enterprises CorporationCrossfiber Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 15, 2016
Reel 38295, frame 481
Crossfiber Inc.BBXF LLC; BBXF Global LLCSecurity Interest
Apr 15, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Crossfiber Inc.BBXF LLCSecurity Interest
Apr 15, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Crossfiber Inc.BBXF Global LLCSecurity Interest
Jul 6, 2016
Reel 39266, frame 449
BBXF LLC; BBXF Global LLCBBXF LLC; BBXF Global LLCBill of Sale
Jul 6, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
BBXF Global LLC; BBXF LLCBBXF LLCBill of Sale
Jul 6, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
BBXF Global LLC; BBXF LLCBBXF Global LLCBill of Sale
Dec 29, 2016
Reel 40805, frame 594
BBXF LLC; BBXF Global LLCBack Bay Data Solutions, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 7, 2019
Reel 47914, frame 407
Back Bay Data Solutions, Inc.Iande Group, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 29, 2025
Reel 73324, frame 673
Iande Group, LLCEoptolink Technology Singapore Pte. Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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