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Methods for Measuring Carcinoembryonic Antigen

US 10,444,239 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 20, 2021 (Comerica Bank).

Term ends Nov 27, 2033 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed May 6, 2016 as application 15/147,960 · Granted Oct 15, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Nov 27, 2013
Term ends
Nov 27, 2033
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
base term 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
3
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. 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 Nov 27, 2013, when application 14/092,036, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 6, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Nov 27, 2033High 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 capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 27, 2033Medium confidence

This family

US 9,341,628In force
Mar 2034
Mar 2034
US 10,444,239this patent
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
Application 16/558,489Abandoned
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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 20, 2016
Reel 40683, frame 56
Finkelstein, Sydney David; Jackson, Sara Ann; Bleicher, Jamie Michelle; Ellsworth, Eric Matthew Gayle; Smith, Dennis MorganRedpath Integrated Pathology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 20, 2016
Reel 41033, frame 380
Redpath Integrated Pathology, Inc.; Interpace Diagnostics CorporationInterpace Diagnostics CorporationMerger and Change of Name
Mar 27, 2017
Reel 41754, frame 517
Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc.Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd.Security Interest
Jun 16, 2017
Reel 42840, frame 860
Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd.Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc.; Interpace Biopharma, LLC; Interpace Diagnostics, LLC; Interpace Diagnostics Lab, Inc.; Interpace Diagnostics CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 16, 2017
Reel 42856, frame 799
Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd.Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc.; Interpace Diagnostics, LLC; Interpace Diagnostics CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 16, 2017
Reel 42858, frame 971
Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd.Interpace Diagnostics CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 16, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd.Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 16, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd.Interpace Biopharma, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 16, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd.Interpace Diagnostics, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 16, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd.Interpace Diagnostics Lab, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 20, 2021
Reel 57851, frame 289
Interpace Diagnostics CorporationComerica BankSecurity Interest
Nov 2, 2021
Reel 57988, frame 110
Interpace Biosciences, Inc.; Interpace Diagnostics Corporation; Interpace Diagnostics, LLC; Interpace Pharma Solutions, Inc.Broadoak Fund V, L.p.Security Interest

Sources

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

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