Term ends May 29, 2024
Statutory term ends Jul 30, 2028
Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expired May 2024
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jul 30, 2008
Jul 30, 2008
Granted
May 29, 2012
May 29, 2012
No longer in force
May 29, 2024
May 29, 2024
Term would have run to
Jul 30, 2028
Jul 30, 2028
0
Days of PTA
24
Applications in this family
This patent's term is the statutory base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
How this date was computed
Every step shows its rule, its 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, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional | Clock starts Jul 30, 2008 | Jul 30, 2028 | High |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed May 29, 2024 | High |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 29, 2024 | High |
The computation, verbatim
base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2008-07-30+20y | =2028-07-30 | PTA+0d=2028-07-30 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2015-11-30,8yr@2019-11-27; 12yr fee not paid - grace period ended 2024-05-29, expired as of grace end; USPTO recorded EXP. event(s) also on 2024-07-01 (administrative date - statutory grace end above governs) | status=expired-fees@2024-05-29
This family
| Application 60/954,214 | pending | not computed |
| Application 61/029,248 | pending | not computed |
| US 7,756,379 | in-force | Jul 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2008/072218 | pending | not computed |
| US 7,894,701 | in-force | Jul 2028 |
| US 8,189,984 | this patent | May 2024 |
| US 8,494,333 | in-force | Jul 2028 |
| US 8,705,929 | in-force | Jul 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Coan, Jonathan Walter; Kaml, Jonathan R.; Kowalczyk, Scott C. | ADC Telecommunications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 21, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | ADC Telecommunications, Inc.; TE Connectivity Solutions GMBH | Tyco Electronics Services GMBH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Tyco Electronics Services GMBH | Commscope Emea Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 29, 2015 Reel 37012, frame 1 | Commscope Emea Limited | Commscope Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 13, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Commscope Technologies LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (TERM) |
| Jan 13, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Commscope Technologies LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (ABL) |
| Apr 9, 2019 Reel 49260, frame 1 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | Redwood Systems, Inc.; Allen Telecom LLC; Andrew LLC; Commscope, Inc. of North Carolina; Commscope Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 9, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | Redwood Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 9, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | Allen Telecom LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 9, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | Andrew LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 9, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | Commscope, Inc. of North Carolina | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 9, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | Commscope Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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