Defendant
8 cases as defendant.
Times Fiber Communications, Inc. (TFC) — headquartered at 358 Hall Avenue, Wallingford, Connecticut — is a manufacturer of coaxial cable and broadband interconnect products. Founded in 1948, it was acquired by Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH) in December 1992 and operates as an Amphenol subsidiary, not a standalone public company. PatSnap lists roughly 251 employees (250–500 band); no independently verified revenue figure is available, and TFC's financials are consolidated into Amphenol's. President/CEO is Zachary Raley, a former Amphenol group general manager.
TFC designs and manufactures high-performance coaxial cable and connectivity hardware for cable television, broadband, satellite and data networks. Its product lines include T10 trunk, distribution and drop coax; TX low-loss trunk/distribution cable; flexible feeder and direct-burial/aerial messengered cable; coaxial jumper assemblies; fiber-optic cable assemblies, attenuators and couplers/splitters; premise interconnect components such as splitters, directional couplers and enclosures; and coaxial cabling for centralized powering. The company has manufacturing operations in North America, Europe, Asia and South America and exports broadly. It is now positioned within Amphenol Broadband Solutions, Amphenol's consolidated broadband storefront.
On litigation posture, the case data shows TFC as a defendant in one tracked case and a plaintiff in none — the profile of an operating company being sued rather than a patent assertion entity. The single tracked matter is PPC Broadband, Inc. v. Amphenol Corporation et al., filed May 6, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (Wilmington Division), naming TFC as a co-defendant. PPC Broadband is a Belden brand and a direct broadband-connectivity competitor; the two companies had announced a global connectivity partnership in 2016, making the later suit notable. Separately, PTAB records show TFC as patent owner defending its cable-transport ("Tech Service Bag") patent against a PPC Broadband IPR petition, indicating a two-way dispute over broadband cable/connector technology. Venue is Delaware, not the Eastern District of Texas. All tracked activity is within the last several years; no other appearances are recorded in the database.
PPC Broadband petitioned for inter partes review of Times Fiber Communications' 10,906,771 patent. The Board instituted all claims/grounds and issued a Final Written Decision; the narrative does not confirm whether the challenged claims were held unpatentable or upheld.
PPC Broadband petitioned for inter partes review of claims 1–8 and 10–19 of U.S. Patent No. 10,941,016. The Board instituted on all grounds and issued a final written decision on December 18, 2023, holding all challenged claims unpatentable.
PPC Broadband petitioned for inter partes review of claims 1–8 of U.S. Patent No. 11,001,471, with Belden Inc. identified as a real party-in-interest. The PTAB instituted review and issued a final written decision on December 20, 2023, holding all challenged claims unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 318(a).
PPC petitioned for inter partes review of all claims 1-21 of US 10,913,632. The Board denied institution on 2022-10-24 because Times Fiber Communications disclaimed all challenged claims, and the proceeding terminated without institution.
PPC Broadband sued Amphenol Corporation and Times Fiber Communications in the District of Delaware for patent infringement. The case was stayed (and one aggregator lists it as closed); the narrative notes that linkage of U.S. 10,038,284 to this case is inferred from related IPR filings rather than directly confirmed.
PPC Broadband filed a patent infringement action against Amphenol Corporation and Times Fiber Communications in the District of Delaware. The '983 patent was among the patents PPC asserted. The case was stayed pending parallel IPRs, and aggregator data reflects the docket as Closed.
PPC Broadband sued Times Fiber Communications asserting multiple patents, with infringement of the '353 patent pleaded as Count III. On January 23, 2015, the court approved voluntary dismissal without prejudice of claims and counterclaims relating to the '237, '353, and '060 patents, while the case continued on the '229 patent.
PPC Broadband sued Times Fiber Communications for infringement; the '060 patent was Count IV of the complaint, along with the '229 patent. Accused products included Times Fiber 'QC II with QuickShield' series coaxial connectors. The case was active at least into 2014, but final disposition is unconfirmed.