Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 27, 2021 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).
Term ends Feb 1, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 1, 2030
Held by Subcom, LLC
Filed Dec 11, 2012 as application 13/710,822 · Granted Oct 15, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Feb 1, 2010
Feb 1, 2010
Term ends
Feb 1, 2030
Feb 1, 2030
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Oct 15, 2013
base term
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.
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.
2
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 1, 2010, when application 12/697,540, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 11, 2012) | Feb 1, 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 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 1, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,328,431 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 8,559,773 | this patent Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
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, 2013 Reel 30013, frame 467 | Kordahi, Maurice E.; Stix, Robert K.; Fong, Tony S.; Mendez, Jeremiah A.; Bernstein, Steven | Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 2, 2018 Reel 47924, frame 194 | Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC | Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 16, 2018 Reel 47586, frame 655 | Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC | Subcom, LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 27, 2021 Reel 56067, frame 462 | Subcom, LLC | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 27, 2021 Reel 57215, frame 950 | Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as Administrative Agent | Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2030
Term ends Feb 1, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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