Gen-Probe Incorporated
21 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
Recorded under 9 name spellings.
90
Ending by 2030
Dec 2026
Next term end
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
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Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 1 fee due Nov 30, 2026The maintenance fee for Compositions and Methods for Biological Sample Processing (US 11,662,281) comes due Nov 30, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 1, 2027, it lapses early.
- 6 fees due Dec 2 to 27, 2026 · next Dec 2
- 6 fees due Jan 4 to 18, 2027 · next Jan 4
- 9 fees due Feb 15 to 25, 2027 · next Feb 15
- 10 fees due Mar 5 to 22, 2027 · next Mar 5
- 11 fees due Apr 10 to 27, 2027 · next Apr 10
- 12 fees due May 3 to 26, 2027 · next May 3
- 11 fees due Jun 3 to 19, 2027 · next Jun 3
- 5 fees due Jul 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 2
- 8 fees due Aug 2 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 2
- 4 fees due Sep 1 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 1
- 4 fees due Oct 2 to 23, 2027 · next Oct 2
- 3 fees due Nov 5 to 10, 2027 · next Nov 5
Recent changes
- 9 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 4 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
Patents held now
Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 8,202,978 | Compositions for Detecting Group a Streptococci In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,547,516 | Method for Reducing the Presence of Amplification Inhibitors in a Reaction Receptacle In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,626,470 | Compositions and Methods to Detect Legionella Pneumophila Nucleic Acid In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,786,289 | Method and Kit for Identifying Antibiotic-Resistant Microorganisms In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,669,595 | Oligonucleotide Primer Composition In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US D676,570 | Lateral Flow Assay Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,498,137 | Compositions and Methods for Determining the Presence of Chlamydophila Pneumoniae in a Test Sample In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,897,337 | Method for Performing Multi-Formatted Assays In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,964,413 | Method for Continuous Mode Processing of Multiple Reaction Receptacles in a Real-Time Amplification Assay In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,609,829 | Compositions and Methods to Detect Legionella Pneumophila Nucleic Acid In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 447: 21 patents in force now held by others · 71 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 429 ended at full term · 7 surrendered on reissue. List them
Sources and methods
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How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
Published applications
US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.
90 pending · 71 abandoned · 2 no status recorded