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Lipid Nanoparticle Compositions and Methods for Mrna Delivery

US 10,238,754 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends no later than Jun 8, 2032 · Low confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Apr 7, 2017 as application 15/482,117 · Granted Mar 26, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jun 8, 2012
Ends no later than
Jun 8, 2032
Granted
Mar 26, 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
25
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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Jun 8, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/041724, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 7, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jun 8, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Jun 8, 2032Low confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2012/041724PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 14/124,608Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,308,281In force
no later than Jun 2032
no later than Jun 2032
US 9,597,413In force
no later than Jun 2032
no later than Jun 2032
US 10,238,754this patent
no later than Jun 2032
no later than Jun 2032
US 10,413,618In force
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
US 10,350,303In force
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
US 10,507,249In force
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
8 of 25 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
Oct 2, 2017
Reel 43755, frame 918
Guild, Braydon Charles; Derosa, Frank; Heartlein, MichaelShire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 2, 2017
Reel 44353, frame 922
Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc.Rana Therapeutics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 2, 2017
Reel 44354, frame 9
Rana Therapeutics, Inc.Translate Bio, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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

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