Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 3, 2019 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).
Lapsed Jul 9, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 4, 2031
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by CommScope Technologies LLC
Filed Feb 4, 2011 as application 13/021,416 · Granted Jul 9, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 236 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jul 9, 2025
2011
2031
Clock starts
Feb 4, 2011
Feb 4, 2011
No longer in force
Jul 9, 2025
Jul 9, 2025
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
Jul 9, 2013
Term would have run to
Sep 28, 2031
Sep 28, 2031
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
236
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
10
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 Sep 28, 2031: its 20-year base term plus 236 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Feb 4, 2011, when this application, 13/021,416, was filed | Feb 4, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +236 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 28, 2031 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jul 9, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 9, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,480,312 | this patent Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 8,894,300 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,104,001 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,459,411 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,989,707 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,345,531 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,838,151 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 11,500,161 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2011 Reel 25959, frame 930 | Smith, Trevor D.; Lu, Yu | ADC Telecommunications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 6, 2015 Reel 36060, frame 174 | ADC Telecommunications, Inc. | Tyco Electronics Services GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2015 Reel 36956, frame 1 | 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 37513, frame 709 | CommScope Technologies LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (TERM) |
| Jan 13, 2016 Reel 37514, frame 196 | 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 |
| Jul 3, 2019 Reel 49892, frame 396 | CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina; CommScope Technologies LLC; Arris Enterprises LLC; Arris Technology, Inc.; Ruckus Wireless, Inc.; Arris Solutions, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Abl Security Agreement |
| Jul 3, 2019 Reel 49905, frame 504 | CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina; CommScope Technologies LLC; Arris Enterprises LLC; Arris Technology, Inc.; Ruckus Wireless, Inc.; Arris Solutions, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Term Loan Security Agreement |
| Jul 3, 2019 Reel 49892, frame 51 | CommScope Technologies LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 19, 2021 Reel 60752, frame 1 | Arris Solutions, Inc.; Arris Enterprises LLC; CommScope Technologies LLC; CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina; Ruckus Wireless, Inc. | Wilmington Trust | Security Interest |
| Dec 17, 2024 Reel 69889, frame 114 | Arris Enterprises LLC; CommScope Technologies LLC; CommScope Inc., of North Carolina; Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC; Ruckus IP Holdings LLC | Apollo Administrative Agency LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 19, 2024 Reel 71477, frame 255 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Arris Enterprises LLC (F/K/A Arris Enterprises, Inc.); Arris Technology, Inc.; Arris Solutions, Inc.; CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina; CommScope Technologies LLC; Ruckus Wireless, LLC (F/K/A Ruckus Wireless, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 049905/0504 |
| Dec 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Arris Enterprises LLC (F/K/A Arris Enterprises, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 049905/0504 |
| Dec 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Arris Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 049905/0504 |
| Dec 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Arris Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 049905/0504 |
| Dec 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 049905/0504 |
| Dec 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | CommScope Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 049905/0504 |
| Dec 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Ruckus Wireless, LLC (F/K/A Ruckus Wireless, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 049905/0504 |
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What's changing
Note
The 236 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
152
later US patents cite this one
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