Also listed on Sandoz AG, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Apr 16, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 16, 2035
Filed Oct 13, 2016 as application 15/304,050 · Granted Dec 15, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Apr 16, 2015
Apr 16, 2015
Term ends
Apr 16, 2035
Apr 16, 2035
Granted
Dec 15, 2020
Dec 15, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,590,427, to Apr 16, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 16, 2015, when application PCT/EP2015/058242, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 13, 2016) | Apr 16, 2035 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,590,427) | resolves to Apr 16, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Apr 16, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,865,416 | this patent Apr 2035 | Apr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2017 Reel 43002, frame 420 | Gasser, Brigitte; Mattanovich, Diethard | Universitaet Fuer Bodenkultur Wien | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2017 Reel 43003, frame 155 | Universitaet Fuer Bodenkultur Wien | Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2017 Reel 43003, frame 223 | Buchetics, Markus | Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2017 Reel 43003, frame 267 | Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology | Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co. KG; Sandoz AG; Vtu Technology GmbH; Biomin Holding GmbH; Lonza Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2017 Reel 43003, frame 303 | Biomin Holding GmbH | Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co. KG; Sandoz GmbH; Lonza AG; Vtu Technology GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Biomin Holding GmbH | Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co. KG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Biomin Holding GmbH | Sandoz GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Biomin Holding GmbH | Lonza AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Biomin Holding GmbH | Vtu Technology GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology | Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co. KG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology | Sandoz AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology | Vtu Technology GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology | Biomin Holding GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology | Lonza Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2020 Reel 52641, frame 105 | Sandoz AG | Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co. KG; Lonza Ltd.; Validogen GmbH; Sandoz AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2020 Reel 52645, frame 823 | Vtu Technology GmbH | Validogen GmbH | Change of Name |
| May 12, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Sandoz AG | Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co. KG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Sandoz AG | Lonza Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Sandoz AG | Validogen GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Sandoz AG | Sandoz AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 14, 2020 Reel 52676, frame 423 | Sandoz AG | Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co. KG; Lonza Ltd.; Validogen GmbH | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Correct Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 052641 Frame: 0105. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| May 14, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Sandoz AG | Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co. KG | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Correct Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 052641 Frame: 0105. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| May 14, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Sandoz AG | Lonza Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Correct Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 052641 Frame: 0105. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| May 14, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Sandoz AG | Validogen GmbH | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Correct Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 052641 Frame: 0105. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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What's changing
Apr 2035
Term ends Apr 16, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,590,427, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
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