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Silk Protein Fragment Compositions and Articles Manufactured Therefrom

US 10,166,177 In force
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Term ends Sep 30, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Sep 30, 2014 as application 14/503,076 · Granted Jan 1, 2019
Base term plus 424 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Sep 30, 2014
Term ends
Sep 30, 2034
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
424
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 9,187,538.
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.
18
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 424 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 Sep 30, 2014, when this application, 14/503,076, was filedSep 30, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+424 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 28, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,187,538)capped to Sep 30, 2034High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 30, 2034High confidence

This family

US 9,187,538In force
Sep 2034
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US 10,166,177this patent
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US 9,517,191In force
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US 9,522,107In force
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Application 14/876,792Abandoned
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US 9,511,012In force
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8 of 18 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
Feb 19, 2019
Reel 48371, frame 301
Altman, Gregory H.Silk Therapeutics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 19, 2019
Reel 48372, frame 232
Altman, Gregory H.; Horan, Rebecca L.; Dow, Rachel Lee; Hass, Dylan S.; Lind, Rachel M.Silk Therapeutics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 21, 2019
Reel 48407, frame 364
Silk Therapeutics, Inc.Silk, Inc.Change of Name
Feb 25, 2019
Reel 48423, frame 276
Silk, Inc.Evolved by Nature, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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

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