Term ends Jul 6, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 9, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Tecan Genomics, Inc.
Filed Jan 8, 2016 as application 14/991,340 · Granted Jun 8, 2021
Base term plus 362 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Jul 9, 2013
Jul 9, 2013
Term ends
Jul 6, 2034
Jul 6, 2034
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Jun 8, 2021
base term
patent term adjustment
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
362
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,745,614, to Jul 6, 2034. 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.
3
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 362 days past its 20-year base term on 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: Medium. 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 Jul 9, 2013, when application 13/938,059, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 8, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 9, 2033 | 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 | +362 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 6, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,745,614) | resolves to Jul 6, 2034, 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 | Jul 6, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,028,430 | this patent Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 11,697,843 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
2 of 3 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 12, 2016 Reel 38565, frame 250 | Schroeder, Benjamin G.; Amorese, Doug | Nugen Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 23, 2016 Reel 40406, frame 765 | Nugen Technologies, Inc. | Oxford Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 28, 2023 Reel 64742, frame 42 | Nugen Technologies, Inc. | Tecan Genomics, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 31, 2023 Reel 64765, frame 664 | Oxford Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Nugen Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2034
Term ends Jul 6, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 362 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,745,614, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
42
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.