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Dispensing Cable from an Internal Cable Spool of a Fiber Optic Enclosure

US 8,494,333 in-force Commscope Technologies LLC · Filed May 23, 2012 · Granted Jul 23, 2013

Term ends Jul 30, 2028 · Medium confidence

Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires Jul 2028
2008 2028
Clock starts
Jul 30, 2008
Granted
Jul 23, 2013
Term ends
Jul 30, 2028
base term fee events Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
0
Days of PTA
24
Applications in this family

This patent's term is the statutory base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: Medium. from the record

How this date was computed

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisionalClock starts Jul 30, 2008Jul 30, 2028High
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,756,379)resolves to Jul 30, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidin-forceHigh
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 30, 2028Medium

The computation, verbatim

base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2008-07-30+20y | =2028-07-30 | PTA+0d=2028-07-30 | PTE:none | TD:approved | paid 4yr@2017-01-23,8yr@2021-01-25,12yr@2025-01-23 | status=in-force@2028-07-30 | TD-cap from disclaimer doc (refs 7756379) -> 2028-07-30
terminal disclaimer approved - true expiration may be capped to family sibling

This family

Application 60/954,214pendingnot computed
Application 61/029,248pendingnot computed
US 7,756,379in-forceJul 2028
Application PCT/US2008/072218pendingnot computed
US 7,894,701in-forceJul 2028
US 8,189,984expired-feesMay 2024
US 8,494,333this patentJul 2028
US 8,705,929in-forceJul 2028

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 25, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Coan, Jonathan Walter; Kaml, Jonathan R.; Kowalczyk, Scott C.ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 21, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
ADC Telecommunications, Inc.; TE Connectivity Solutions GMBHTyco Electronics Services GMBHAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 26, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Tyco Electronics Services GMBHCommscope Emea LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 29, 2015
Reel 37012, frame 1
Commscope Emea LimitedCommscope Technologies LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 13, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Commscope Technologies LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement (TERM)
Jan 13, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Commscope Technologies LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement (ABL)
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 LLCRelease 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 LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 9, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.Andrew LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 9, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.Commscope, Inc. of North CarolinaRelease of Security Interest
Apr 9, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.Commscope Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest
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This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,756,379.

Citations

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