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Conjugate with Target-Finding Ligand and Use Thereof

US 10,080,804 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Sep 25, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Ethris GmbH
Filed Dec 15, 2016 as application 15/380,734 · Granted Sep 25, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 25, 2026
2010 2030
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2010
No longer in force
Sep 25, 2026
Granted
Sep 25, 2018
Term would have run to
Dec 21, 2030
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
1 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.

Its term would have run to Dec 21, 2030: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 21, 2010, when application PCT/EP2010/007846, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 15, 2016)Dec 21, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Sep 25, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 25, 2026Medium confidence

This family

US 8,871,230Grace period ended
Dec 2030
Dec 2030
US 9,555,122In force
no later than Dec 2030
no later than Dec 2030
US 10,080,804this patent
Sep 2026
Sep 2026
US 10,583,195In force
Dec 2030
Dec 2030
4 of 5 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 16, 2016
Reel 40640, frame 306
Rudolph, Carsten; Geiger, Johannes-peterEthris GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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