Term ends Mar 16, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 16, 2036
Held by Kura Oncology, Inc.
Filed Jun 21, 2018 as application 16/014,996 · Granted Jan 8, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 16, 2016
Mar 16, 2016
Term ends
Mar 16, 2036
Mar 16, 2036
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Jan 8, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
14
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 16, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/022717, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 21, 2018) | Mar 16, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 16, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2016/022717 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,077,271 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,174,041 | this patent Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| Application 18/181,328 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/487,000 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/674,546 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/009,626 | Pending not computed | not computed |
7 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2018 Reel 46554, frame 726 | Li, Liansheng; Wu, Tao; Feng, Jun; Ren, Pingda; Liu, Yi | Kura Oncology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 3, 2018 Reel 46554, frame 779 | Grembecka, Jolanta; Cierpicki, Tomasz; Klossowski, Szymon; Borkin, Dmitry; Pollock, Jonathan | The Regents of the University of Michigan | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2024 Reel 69189, frame 86 | Liu, Yi | Wellspring Biosciences LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2024 Reel 69324, frame 755 | Li, Liansheng | Wellspring Biosciences LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2024 Reel 69324, frame 800 | Ren, Pingda | Wellspring Biosciences LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2024 Reel 69324, frame 820 | Wu, Tao | Wellspring Biosciences LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2024 Reel 69325, frame 179 | Wellspring Biosciences, Inc. | Kura Oncology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2024 Reel 69325, frame 878 | Feng, Jun | Wellspring Biosciences LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2036
Term ends Mar 16, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
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