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Methods for Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

US 10,982,254 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 1, 2024 (Oxford Finance LLC).

Term ends Jan 20, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Nov 15, 2019 as application 16/685,737 · Granted Apr 20, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jan 20, 2017
Term ends
Jan 20, 2037
Granted
Apr 20, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,501,772, US 9,834,808, to Jan 20, 2037. 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.
5
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

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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 20, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/014343, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 15, 2019)Jan 20, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,501,772, US 9,834,808)resolves to Jan 20, 2037, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 20, 2037High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2017/014343PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,834,808Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2025
Dec 2025
US 10,501,772In force
Jan 2037
Jan 2037
US 10,982,254this patent
Jan 2037
Jan 2037
Application 17/233,133Abandoned
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 8, 2021
Reel 55863, frame 64
Stern, Eric; Vacic, Aleksandar; Spears, Benjamin; Flyer, Alec; Flentie, KellySelux Diagnostics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 1, 2024
Reel 68103, frame 559
Selux Diagnostics, Inc.Oxford Finance LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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