Term ends Mar 8, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 25, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Labrador Diagnostics LLC
Filed Jan 16, 2014 as application 14/157,343 · Granted Jul 3, 2018
Base term plus 165 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Sep 25, 2011
Sep 25, 2011
Term ends
Mar 8, 2032
Mar 8, 2032
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Jul 3, 2018
base term
patent term adjustment
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
165
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
84
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 165 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 25, 2011, when applications PCT/US2011/051388, PCT/US2011/053188 and PCT/US2011/053189, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Jan 16, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 25, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +165 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 8, 2032 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 8, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2011/051388 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2011/053188 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2011/053189 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,664,702 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 8,435,738 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 8,380,541 | In force no later than Sep 2031 | no later than Sep 2031 |
| US 9,632,102 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,268,915 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
8 of 84 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2014 Reel 31989, frame 698 | Wasson, James; Frankovich, John K.; Holmes, Elizabeth A.; Smith, Timothy; Chen, Michael; Young, Daniel | Theranos, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2014 Reel 32425, frame 297 | Wasson, James; Frankovich, John K.; Holmes, Elizabeth A.; Smith, Timothy; Chen, Michael; Young, Daniel | Theranos, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Correction of Recordation Cover Sheet of the Assignment, Previously Recorded at Reel 031989 Frame 0698. |
| Dec 12, 2017 Reel 44838, frame 909 | Theranos Inc. | Theranos IP Company, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 12, 2017 Reel 44839, frame 568 | Theranos IP Company, LLC | Fortress Credit Corp. | Security Interest |
| Jan 16, 2018 Reel 45101, frame 315 | Theranos, Inc. | Theranos IP Company, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 Reel 52313, frame 11 | Theranos IP Company, LLC | Labrador Diagnostics LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 8, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 165 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
196
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.