Term ends Apr 27, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 21, 2035
Held by Rarecyte, Inc.
Filed May 23, 2017 as application 15/602,789 · Granted Jan 12, 2021
Base term plus 342 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2036
Clock starts
May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015
Term ends
Apr 27, 2036
Apr 27, 2036
Granted
Jan 12, 2021
Jan 12, 2021
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
342
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.
7
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 342 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
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 21, 2015, when application 14/718,381, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 23, 2017) | May 21, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +342 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 27, 2036 | 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 | Apr 27, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,857,580 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 11,300,769 | In force Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| US 10,802,260 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 10,890,748 | this patent Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 11,422,352 | In force Dec 2037 | Dec 2037 |
| US 11,237,377 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| Application 15/708,937 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2017 Reel 42480, frame 119 | Quarre, Steve; Shafer, Edward; Stewart, David; Smith, Joel | Rarecyte, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 4, 2019 Reel 48799, frame 531 | Rarecyte, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank, An Arizona Corporation | Security Interest |
| Dec 30, 2019 Reel 51445, frame 343 | Western Alliance Bank, An Arizona Corporation | Rarecyte, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2036
Term ends Apr 27, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 342 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2021 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.