Lapsed May 6, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 27, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by CommScope North Carolina, LLC
Filed Jun 4, 2010 as application 12/793,877 · Granted May 6, 2014
Base term plus 253 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Lapsed May 6, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Apr 27, 2006
Apr 27, 2006
Term ended
May 6, 2026
May 6, 2026
Granted
May 6, 2014
May 6, 2014
base term
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
253
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,537,393, US 7,742,667.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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.
Its term would have run to Apr 27, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 253 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 27, 2006, when application 11/412,616, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 4, 2010) | Apr 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +253 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 5, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,537,393, US 7,742,667) | capped to Apr 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed May 6, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 6, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,742,667 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2006/018027 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,718,427 | this patent May 2026 | May 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2011 Reel 26276, frame 363 | Allen Telecom LLC, a Delaware LLC; Andrew LLC, a Delaware LLC; CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, a North Carolina Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| May 4, 2011 Reel 26272, frame 543 | Allen Telecom LLC, a Delaware LLC; Andrew LLC, a Delaware LLC; CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, a North Carolina Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 28, 2015 Reel 36201, frame 283 | Allen Telecom LLC; CommScope Technologies LLC; CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina; Redwood Systems, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 31, 2017 Reel 42126, frame 434 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Allen Telecom LLC; CommScope Technologies LLC; CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina; Redwood Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Patents (Releases RF 036201/0283) |
| Mar 31, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Allen Telecom LLC | Release of Security Interest Patents (Releases RF 036201/0283) |
| Mar 31, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | CommScope Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest Patents (Releases RF 036201/0283) |
| Mar 31, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina | Release of Security Interest Patents (Releases RF 036201/0283) |
| Mar 31, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Redwood Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Patents (Releases RF 036201/0283) |
| 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 49678, frame 577 | CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina | 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 |
| Dec 10, 2025 Reel 73888, frame 404 | CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina | CommScope North Carolina, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 9, 2026 Reel 74473, frame 264 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | CommScope North Carolina, LLC (F/K/A CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina) | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame No. 49678/0577 |
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Note
The 253 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,537,393, US 7,742,667.
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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