Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 27, 2021 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).
Lapsed Aug 2, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 8, 2033
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Subcom, LLC
Filed Sep 8, 2013 as application 14/020,861 · Granted Aug 2, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 2, 2024
2013
2034
Clock starts
Sep 8, 2013
Sep 8, 2013
No longer in force
Aug 2, 2024
Aug 2, 2024
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Aug 2, 2016
Term would have run to
Feb 12, 2034
Feb 12, 2034
base term
patent term adjustment
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
157
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Feb 12, 2034: its 20-year base term plus 157 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 8, 2013, when this application, 14/020,861, was filed | Sep 8, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +157 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 12, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 2, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 2, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,407,398 | this patent Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 9,337,935 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 2013 Reel 31691, frame 707 | Batshon, Hussam G.; Zhang, Hongbin | Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 2, 2018 Reel 47924, frame 194 | Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC | Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 16, 2018 Reel 47586, frame 655 | Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC | Subcom, LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 27, 2021 Reel 56067, frame 462 | Subcom, LLC | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 27, 2021 Reel 57215, frame 950 | Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as Administrative Agent | Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
24
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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