Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 10, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Assistant).
Term ended Oct 4, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 1, 2024
Held by DZS Inc.
Filed Oct 20, 2010 as application 12/908,325 · Granted Oct 2, 2012
Base term plus 3 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Oct 4, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Oct 1, 2004
Oct 1, 2004
Term ended
Oct 4, 2024
Oct 4, 2024
Granted
Oct 2, 2012
Oct 2, 2012
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
3
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.
3
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 3 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Oct 1, 2004, when application 10/956,780, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 20, 2010) | Oct 1, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +3 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 4, 2024 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 4, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,522,679 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 7,835,459 | Term ended Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 8,279,969 | this patent Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2010 Reel 25166, frame 987 | Betts, William L. | Paradyne Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2018 Reel 46619, frame 225 | Paradyne Corporation | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2019 Reel 48467, frame 326 | Dasan Network Solutions, Inc.; Premisys Communications, Inc.; Paradyne Networks, Inc.; Dasan Network Solutions, Inc. (Korea); Dasan Zhone Solutions, Inc.; Keymile GmbH; Paradyne Corporation | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2019 Reel 48468, frame 270 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Paradyne Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2020 Reel 52842, frame 504 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Dasan Zhone Solutions, Inc.; Premisys Communications, Inc.; Paradyne Networks, Inc.; Paradyne Corporation; Dasan Network Solutions, Inc.; Keymile GmbH; Dasan Network Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Dasan Zhone Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Premisys Communications, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Paradyne Networks, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Paradyne Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Dasan Network Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Keymile GmbH | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Dasan Network Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 19, 2022 Reel 58692, frame 577 | Paradyne Corporation | DZS Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 10, 2022 Reel 58984, frame 564 | DZS Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Assistant | Security Interest |
Sources
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The 3 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
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