Term ends no later than Jul 14, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 13, 2036
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.
Held by Synlogic Operating Company, Inc.
Filed May 13, 2016 as application 15/154,934 · Granted Apr 7, 2020
Base term plus 62 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016
Ends no later than
Jul 14, 2036
Jul 14, 2036
Granted
Apr 7, 2020
Apr 7, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
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
62
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
61
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 62 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 13, 2016, when this application, 15/154,934, was filed | May 13, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +62 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 14, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Jul 14, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,487,764 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| Application 14/998,376 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2016/020530 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2016/032565 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,610,546 | this patent no later than Jul 2036 | no later than Jul 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2016/032562 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2016/034200 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,688,967 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
8 of 61 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2016 Reel 39501, frame 382 | Rowe, Sarah | Synlogic, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2016 Reel 39501, frame 393 | Falb, Dean; Isabella, Vincent M.; Kotula, Jonathan W.; Miller, Paul F.; Millet, Yves | Synlogic, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2018 Reel 45544, frame 530 | Synlogic, Inc.; Meerkat Merger Sub, Inc.; Synlogic Operating Company, Inc. | Synlogic Operating Company, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2036
Term ends no later than Jul 14, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 62 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jul 14, 2036. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2020 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.