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US 10,041,934 In force
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Term ends Jun 12, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Jun 24, 2016 as application 15/192,280 · Granted Aug 7, 2018
Base term plus 163 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jun 12, 2012
Term ends
Jun 12, 2032
Granted
Aug 7, 2018
base term 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
163
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,404,915.
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.
5
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 163 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 12, 2012, when application 13/494,618, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 24, 2016)Jun 12, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+163 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 22, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,404,915)capped to Jun 12, 2032High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 12, 2032High confidence

This family

Application 13/494,618Abandoned
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US 9,404,915In force
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
US 10,041,934this patent
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
US 10,976,307In force
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
Application 17/193,891Abandoned
not computed
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 12, 2016
Reel 40712, frame 54
Laing, Lance Gavin; Sullivan, Brian FrancisCelcuity LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 26, 2018
Reel 47353, frame 985
Celcuity LLCCelcuity Inc.Change of Name
Apr 8, 2021
Reel 55867, frame 237
Celcuity, Inc.Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LPSecurity Interest
May 30, 2024
Reel 67572, frame 1
Celcuity, Inc.Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP, as Collateral AgentAmended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Sep 9, 2025
Reel 72886, frame 984
Celcuity Inc.Oxford Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentSecond Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Jun 8, 2026
Reel 74883, frame 538
Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LPCelcuity Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 8, 2026
Reel 74883, frame 775
Oxford Finance LLCCelcuity Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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