Term ends Mar 12, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 30, 2030
Held by Natera, Inc.
Filed Dec 29, 2015 as application 14/983,128 · Granted Aug 28, 2018
Base term plus 249 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Sep 30, 2010
Sep 30, 2010
Term ends
Mar 12, 2029
Mar 12, 2029
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Aug 28, 2018
base term
after the term ends
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
249
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 9,228,234.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
11
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 249 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 30, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/050824, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 29, 2015) | Sep 30, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +249 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 6, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,228,234) | capped to Mar 12, 2029 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 12, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2010/050824 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 13/499,086 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/896,293 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,228,234 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 10,216,896 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 10,061,889 | this patent Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 10,061,890 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| Application 15/252,795 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2015 Reel 37378, frame 908 | Rabinowitz, Matthew; Gemelos, George; Banjevic, Milena; Demko, Zachary | Gene Security Network Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 29, 2015 Reel 37397, frame 375 | Gene Security Network Inc. | Natera, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 8, 2017 Reel 43482, frame 472 | Natera, Inc. | Orbimed Royalty Opportunities II, LP | Security Interest |
| Apr 22, 2020 Reel 52472, frame 712 | Orbimed Royalty Opportunities II, LP | Natera, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2029
Term ends Mar 12, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 249 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,228,234.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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