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Telephone and Data Systems Inc. (TDS)

NYSE: TDS · Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) · Chicago, IL · filing with the SEC since 1997
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

7 patents granted to the 3 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Telephone and Data Systems Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
7
7 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against none in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
5
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'92'17'18'19'20'21'23
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Telecommunications2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
0 published
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
5 published
Southwestern Telephone Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Sep 26, 202311,770,191Fiber to the home network incorporating fully connectorized optic fiber tap assemblyTelecommunicationsTelephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Jul 27, 202111,075,697Fiber to the home network incorporating fully connectorized optic fiber tap assemblyTelecommunicationsTelephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Jun 9, 202010,680,713Fiber to the home network incorporating fully connectorized optic fiber tap assemblyTelecommunicationsTelephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Jul 24, 201810,033,462Fiber to the home network incorporating fully connectorized optic fiber tap assemblyTelecommunicationsTelephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Dec 12, 20179,843,847Temperature-humidity monitoring assembly for closed server cabinetTelecommunicationsTelephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Sep 12, 20179,762,322Fiber to the home network incorporating fully connectorized optic fiber tap assemblyTelecommunicationsTelephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Nov 24, 19925,166,890Performance monitoring systemDigital communicationSouthwestern Telephone Company
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 11, 20212021/0351848FIBER TO THE HOME NETWORK INCORPORATING FULLY CONNECTORIZED OPTIC FIBER TAP ASSEMBLYTelecommunicationsTelephone and Data Systems, Inc. · patent 11,770,191 granted from it
Sep 24, 20202020/0304206FIBER TO THE HOME NETWORK INCORPORATING FULLY CONNECTORIZED OPTIC FIBER TAP ASSEMBLYTelecommunicationsTelephone and Data Systems, Inc. · patent 11,075,697 granted from it
Mar 7, 20192019/0074902FIBER TO THE HOME NETWORK INCORPORATING FULLY CONNECTORIZED OPTIC FIBER TAP ASSEMBLYTelecommunicationsTelephone and Data Systems, Inc. · patent 10,680,713 granted from it
Feb 15, 20182018/0048392FIBER TO THE HOME NETWORK INCORPORATING FULLY CONNECTORIZED OPTIC FIBER TAP ASSEMBLYTelecommunicationsTelephone and Data Systems, Inc. · patent 10,033,462 granted from it
Aug 10, 20172017/0228783SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LOCATION-SPECIFIC MARKETING MATERIALS FOR A MULTI-OUTLET ENTERPRISEDigital communicationTelephone and Data Systems, Inc.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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