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Methods for Detecting Nucleic Acid Sequence Variants

US 10,745,749 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Biocept, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends May 4, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Oct 30, 2017 as application 15/796,982 · Granted Aug 18, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
May 4, 2012
Term ends
May 4, 2032
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
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.
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Maintenance fees paid
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 4, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/036678, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 30, 2017)May 4, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh 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 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 4, 2032High confidence

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Application PCT/US2012/036678PCT application
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US 9,834,817In force
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US 10,745,749this patent
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Application 16/927,353Pending
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Application 17/376,575Abandoned
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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 30, 2017
Reel 43979, frame 145
Arnold, LyleBiocept, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2017
Reel 43979, frame 162
Biocept, Inc.Aegea Biotechnologies; Biocept, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Biocept, Inc.Aegea BiotechnologiesAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Biocept, Inc.Biocept, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 10, 2023
Reel 62949, frame 898
Biocept, Inc.Aegea Biotechnologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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