Bismuth-Thiols as Antiseptics for Biomedical Uses, Including Treatment of Bacterial Biofilms and Other Uses

US 10,960,012 In force

Overview Sources & methods

Term ends Feb 3, 2030 · Low confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Microbion Corporation

Filed Feb 25, 2019 as application 16/284,723 · Granted Mar 30, 2021

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Feb 3, 2030

2010 2030

Clock starts
Feb 3, 2010

Term ends
Feb 3, 2030

Granted
Mar 30, 2021

base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 9,028,878, to Feb 3, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.

1 of 2

Maintenance fees paid

Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.

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 Feb 3, 2010, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Feb 25, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)	Feb 3, 2030	High confidence
Continuity chain	A parent in the chain could not be resolved	dated from this application's own claim	Medium confidence
Patent term adjustment	None on file	no change	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,028,878)	resolves to Feb 3, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	1 of 2 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Further caveats on record	The record names parents not resolved: 16028776, PCTUS2011023549, PCTUS2010023108, 12699680	Low confidence overall	Low confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Feb 3, 2030	Low confidence

Sources

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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.

Bismuth-Thiols as Antiseptics for Biomedical Uses, Including Treatment of Bacterial Biofilms and Other Uses

Term ends Feb 3, 2030 · Low confidence

20-year base term ends Feb 3, 2030

How we calculated this date

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