Also listed on Cellec Biotek AG, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 28, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 26, 2035
Held by Universitaetsspital Basel and Cellec Biotek AG
Filed Nov 28, 2016 as application 15/314,245 · Granted Nov 12, 2019
Base term plus 155 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015
Term ends
Oct 28, 2035
Oct 28, 2035
Granted
Nov 12, 2019
Nov 12, 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
155
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
2
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 155 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 26, 2015, when application PCT/EP2015/061614, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 28, 2016) | May 26, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +155 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 28, 2035 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 28, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,473,646 | this patent Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2017 Reel 43507, frame 838 | Hirt, Christian; Iezzi, Giandomenica; Lorber, Volker; Muraro, Manuele Giuseppe; Papadimitropoulos, Adam | Universitaetsspital Basel; Cellec Biotek AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 6, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Hirt, Christian; Lorber, Volker; Muraro, Manuele Giuseppe; Iezzi, Giandomenica; Papadimitropoulos, Adam | Universitaetsspital Basel | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 6, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Hirt, Christian; Lorber, Volker; Muraro, Manuele Giuseppe; Iezzi, Giandomenica; Papadimitropoulos, Adam | Cellec Biotek AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2035
Term ends Oct 28, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 155 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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