Lapsed Dec 4, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 22, 2030
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Amphenol Cabelcon APS
Filed Feb 13, 2012 as application 13/372,086 · Granted Dec 4, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Dec 4, 2024
2010
2030
Clock starts
Apr 22, 2010
Apr 22, 2010
No longer in force
Dec 4, 2024
Dec 4, 2024
Granted
Dec 4, 2012
Dec 4, 2012
Term would have run to
Apr 22, 2030
Apr 22, 2030
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 8,113,878, to Apr 22, 2030. 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.
2
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 Apr 22, 2030: 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 Apr 22, 2010, when application 12/765,473, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 13, 2012) | Apr 22, 2030 | 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 8,113,878) | resolves to Apr 22, 2030, 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 Dec 4, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 4, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,113,878 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,323,056 | this patent Dec 2024 | Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2015 Reel 36687, frame 562 | Corning Gilbert, Inc. | Corning Optical Communications RF LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 4, 2021 Reel 55151, frame 946 | Clausen, Jan Michael | Corning Gilbert Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 11, 2021 Reel 57143, frame 470 | Corning Optical Communications RF LLC | Corning Optical Communications APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 31, 2021 Reel 57390, frame 700 | Corning Optical Communications APS | Amphenol Cabelcon APS | Change of Name |
| Oct 27, 2021 Reel 58300, frame 843 | Corning Gilbert, Inc. | Corning Optical Communications RF LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Listed in the Original Cover Sheet Previously Recorded at Reel: 036687 Frame: 0562. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,113,878, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 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.