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US 8,605,697 Lapsed on the fee record
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 3, 2019 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).

Lapsed Dec 10, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jul 26, 2011 as application 13/191,383 · Granted Dec 10, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 280 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Dec 10, 2025
2006 2027
Clock starts
Dec 1, 2006
No longer in force
Dec 10, 2025
Granted
Dec 10, 2013
Term would have run to
Sep 7, 2027
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
280
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,009,644, to Sep 7, 2027. 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.
4
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 7, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 280 days of term 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 1, 2006, when application 11/607,619, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 26, 2011)Dec 1, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+280 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 7, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,009,644)resolves to Sep 7, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Dec 10, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 10, 2025High confidence

This family

US 8,009,644Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2023
Aug 2023
US 8,605,697this patent
Dec 2025
Dec 2025
US 8,923,265In force
Dec 2026
Dec 2026
US 9,313,798In force
Dec 2026
Dec 2026
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 28, 2011
Reel 26985, frame 635
Kuo, Ted Tsei; Sheu, Ming-jye; Lin, Tian-yuan; Jou, Tyan-shuAirespider Networks, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 28, 2011
Reel 26985, frame 649
Airespider Networks, Inc.Ruckus Wireless, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 14, 2011
Reel 27062, frame 254
Ruckus Wireless, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Oct 14, 2011
Reel 27063, frame 412
Ruckus Wireless, Inc.Gold Hill Venture Lending 03, LP; Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Oct 14, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Ruckus Wireless, Inc.Gold Hill Venture Lending 03, LPSecurity Agreement
Jan 26, 2017
Reel 41513, frame 118
Silicon Valley BankRuckus Wireless, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 17, 2017
Reel 42038, frame 600
Silicon Valley Bank; Gold Hill Venture Lending 03, LPRuckus Wireless, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 2, 2018
Reel 46379, frame 431
Ruckus Wireless, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentGrant of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Aug 7, 2018
Reel 46730, frame 854
Ruckus Wireless, Inc.Arris Enterprises LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 8, 2019
Reel 48817, frame 832
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentRuckus Wireless, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 3, 2019
Reel 49820, frame 495
Arris Enterprises LLCWilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
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
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 TrustSecurity 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 LLCApollo Administrative Agency LLCSecurity Interest
Dec 19, 2024
Reel 71477, frame 255
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentArris 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 AgentArris 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 AgentArris 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 AgentArris 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 AgentCommScope, Inc. of North CarolinaRelease of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 049905/0504
Dec 19, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentCommScope Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 049905/0504
Dec 19, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentRuckus Wireless, LLC (F/K/A Ruckus Wireless, Inc.)Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 049905/0504

Sources

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