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US 8,811,526 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Aug 19, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Molex, LLC
Filed May 31, 2012 as application 13/485,306 · Granted Aug 19, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Aug 19, 2026
2012 2032
Clock starts
Mar 22, 2012
No longer in force
Aug 19, 2026
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Term would have run to
Mar 22, 2032
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.
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.
40
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 Mar 22, 2032: its 20-year base term, with no 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 22, 2012, when application 13/427,576, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 31, 2012)Mar 22, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Aug 19, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 19, 2026High confidence

This family

US 8,554,136In force
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
US 9,444,146In force
Jun 2033
Jun 2033
US 8,811,526this patent
Aug 2026
Aug 2026
US 9,322,904In force
Mar 2034
Mar 2034
Application 13/541,543Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,407,311In force
Oct 2033
Oct 2033
US 8,794,980Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2026
Aug 2026
US 9,191,263In force
Dec 2029
Dec 2029
8 of 40 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 9, 2012
Reel 28760, frame 712
McCormack, Gary D.; Kyles, Ian A.Waveconnex, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 13, 2014
Reel 33165, frame 674
Waveconnex, Inc.Keyssa, Inc.Change of Name
May 24, 2022
Reel 61521, frame 271
Keyssa, Inc.Keyssa (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 24, 2022
Reel 61521, frame 305
Keyssa (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLCMolex, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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