Lapsed Sep 7, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 2, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
Filed May 8, 2009 as application 12/463,202 · Granted Sep 7, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 7, 2022
2006
2026
Clock starts
Aug 2, 2006
Aug 2, 2006
No longer in force
Sep 7, 2022
Sep 7, 2022
Granted
Sep 7, 2010
Sep 7, 2010
Term would have run to
Aug 2, 2026
Aug 2, 2026
base term
after the term ends
fee events
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,549,897, to Aug 2, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
8
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Aug 2, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Aug 2, 2006, when application 11/462,012, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 8, 2009) | Aug 2, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,549,897) | resolves to Aug 2, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 7, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 7, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,413,484 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2020 | Aug 2020 |
| US 7,591,655 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 7,549,897 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,142,236 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 7,670,196 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 7,753,742 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
| US 8,727,814 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2022 | May 2022 |
| US 7,789,716 | this patent Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2017 Reel 41350, frame 85 | Tyco Electronics Corporation | TE Connectivity Corporation | Change of Name |
| Jun 7, 2021 Reel 56514, frame 48 | TE Connectivity Corporation | TE Connectivity Services GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 7, 2021 Reel 56514, frame 15 | TE Connectivity Services GmbH | TE Connectivity Services GmbH | Change of Address |
| Apr 28, 2022 Reel 60885, frame 482 | TE Connectivity Services GmbH | TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH | Merger |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,549,897, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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.