Term ends Jan 15, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 15, 2039
Held by NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
Filed Jan 15, 2019 as application 16/248,460 · Granted Nov 19, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jan 15, 2019
Jan 15, 2019
Term ends
Jan 15, 2039
Jan 15, 2039
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Nov 19, 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.
19
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: 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 Jan 15, 2019, when this application, 16/248,460, was filed | Jan 15, 2039 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 15, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,478,453 | this patent Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 10,583,155 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 10,933,089 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 10,905,713 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 10,653,719 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 10,905,714 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 10,912,795 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 10,918,662 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
8 of 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2019 Reel 48124, frame 287 | Maloney, John; Koganti, Aruna; Koneru, Phanesh | Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 30, 2020 Reel 53083, frame 783 | Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC | Deerfield Private Design Fund IV, L.P. | Security Interest |
| Mar 25, 2021 Reel 55749, frame 134 | Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC | Deerfield Private Design Fund IV, L.P. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Number 16772641 and to Remove 10653791 Previously Recorded at Reel: 053083 Frame: 0783. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jun 30, 2021 Reel 56722, frame 250 | Exela Holdings, Inc.; Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC; Exela Pharmsci, Inc.; Exela Sterile Medicines LLC; Exela Sterile Products LLC; Exela Sterile Equipment, LLC; Exela Advanced Strategies LLC; Agelex, LLC; Exela Health Systems, LLC; Exela Initiatives, LLC; Exela Innovations, LLC | Live Oak Banking Company | Security Interest |
| Jun 25, 2025 Reel 71509, frame 492 | IP, Ezra; Huang, Yue-kai; Yaman, Fatih | NEC Laboratories America, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jan 2039
Term ends Jan 15, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
19
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.
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