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Method for Enabling Ac Coupling of High-Speed Burst Data Signals Transmitted in Optical Networks

US 8,861,962 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Oct 14, 2026 on the fee record · Low confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. The USPTO has not yet posted the lapse.

Filed Apr 4, 2013 as application 13/856,984 · Granted Oct 14, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 14, 2026
2010 2030
Clock starts
Jan 21, 2010
No longer in force
Oct 14, 2026
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Term would have run to
Jan 21, 2030
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
2
Family applications on record here
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Its term would have run to Jan 21, 2030: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Low. from the record

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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 Jan 21, 2010, when application 12/691,375, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 4, 2013)Jan 21, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case"lapsed Oct 14, 2026Low confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 14, 2026Low confidence

This family

US 8,437,635In force
Aug 2031
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US 8,861,962this patent
Oct 2026
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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
Jun 17, 2014
Reel 33118, frame 509
Broadcom Broadband Access Ltd.Broadcom International LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 17, 2014
Reel 33118, frame 609
Dvir, Amiad; Koren, Asaf; Avishai, DavidBroadlight Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 17, 2014
Reel 33118, frame 692
Broadcom International LimitedBroadcom CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 17, 2014
Reel 33188, frame 103
Broadlight Ltd.Broadcom Broadband Access Ltd.Change of Name
Feb 11, 2016
Reel 37806, frame 1
Broadcom CorporationBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Feb 1, 2017
Reel 41706, frame 1
Broadcom CorporationAvago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 3, 2017
Reel 41712, frame 1
Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentBroadcom CorporationTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Oct 4, 2018
Reel 47230, frame 910
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedMerger
Oct 29, 2018
Reel 47351, frame 384
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedCorrective Assignment to Correct the Effective Date of the Merger Previously Recorded at Reel: 047230 Frame: 0910. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger.
Mar 8, 2019
Reel 49248, frame 558
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedCorrective Assignment to Correct the Error in Recording the Merger in the Incorrect US Patent No. 8,876,094 Previously Recorded on Reel 047351 Frame 0384. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger.

Sources

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