Term ends Oct 16, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 16, 2027
Held by Bionomics Limited
Filed Dec 15, 2017 as application 15/844,264 · Granted Mar 23, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Oct 16, 2007
Oct 16, 2007
Term ends
Oct 16, 2027
Oct 16, 2027
Granted
Mar 23, 2021
Mar 23, 2021
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 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
9
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 1 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 Oct 16, 2007, when application PCT/AU2007/001566, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 15, 2017) | Oct 16, 2027 | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 16, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,293,737 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 8,551,990 | In force no later than Oct 2027 | no later than Oct 2027 |
| US 8,614,212 | In force no later than Oct 2027 | no later than Oct 2027 |
| US 8,906,912 | In force no later than Oct 2027 | no later than Oct 2027 |
| US 9,573,945 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 9,975,892 | In force no later than Oct 2027 | no later than Oct 2027 |
| US 10,233,181 | In force no later than Oct 2027 | no later than Oct 2027 |
| US 10,954,231 | this patent Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2020 Reel 52615, frame 982 | Bionomics Ltd. | Oxford Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 5, 2021 Reel 55164, frame 842 | Baell, Jonathan Bayldon; Sleebs, Brad; Flynn, Bernard Luke; Street, Ian Phillip | Bionomics Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2021 Reel 55231, frame 570 | Bui, Chinh Thien | Bionomics Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2021 Reel 55231, frame 623 | Quazi, Nurul | The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2021 Reel 55231, frame 686 | The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research | Bionomics Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 30, 2021 Reel 56106, frame 306 | Oxford Finance LLC | Bionomics, Ltd. | Reassignment and Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2027
Term ends Oct 16, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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