Term ends Aug 13, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 17, 2027
Held by Ablynx N.V.
Filed Feb 23, 2016 as application 15/050,740 · Granted Feb 19, 2019
Base term plus 240 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Dec 17, 2007
Dec 17, 2007
Term ends
Aug 13, 2028
Aug 13, 2028
Granted
Feb 19, 2019
Feb 19, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
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
240
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
9
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 240 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Dec 17, 2007, when application PCT/EP2007/011057, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 23, 2016) | Dec 17, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +240 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 13, 2028 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 13, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,907,065 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| Application 13/021,127 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/528,566 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,087,251 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 10,208,115 | this patent Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 10,844,123 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 11,858,997 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| Application 18/508,693 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2016 Reel 38117, frame 195 | Hermans, Guy; Verheesen, Peter; Dolk, Edward; Hoogenboom, Hendricus Renerus Jacobus Mattheus; Saunders, Michael John Scott; De Haard, Johannes Joseph Wilhelmus; De Bruin, Renée | Ablynx N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2028
Term ends Aug 13, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 240 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.