Term ends Apr 17, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 17, 2038
Held by Tempest Therapeutics, Inc.
Filed May 21, 2020 as application 16/880,756 · Granted Jul 20, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Apr 17, 2018
Apr 17, 2018
Term ends
Apr 17, 2038
Apr 17, 2038
Granted
Jul 20, 2021
Jul 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 10,968,201, US 11,738,009, to Apr 17, 2038. 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.
4
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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 17, 2018, when application PCT/US2018/028034, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 21, 2020) | Apr 17, 2038 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,968,201, US 11,738,009) | resolves to Apr 17, 2038, 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 | Apr 17, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2018/028034 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,738,009 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| US 11,066,405 | this patent Apr 2038 | Apr 2038 |
| US 11,638,704 | In force Apr 2038 | Apr 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2020 Reel 52883, frame 503 | Bravo, Yalda; Chen, Austin Chih-yu; Nagamizo, Joe Fred | Inception Sciences, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 9, 2020 Reel 52888, frame 13 | Burch, Jason David | Inception Sciences Canada, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 9, 2020 Reel 52883, frame 651 | Inception Sciences, Inc.; Inception Sciences Canada, Inc. | Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 28, 2022 Reel 62221, frame 808 | Tempesttx, Inc. (F/K/A Tempest Therapeutics, Inc.); Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. (F/K/A Millendo Therapeutics, Inc.); Millendo Therapeutics US, Inc. | Oxford Finance LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 10, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Oxford Finance LLC | Tempesttx, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 10, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Oxford Finance LLC | Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 10, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Oxford Finance LLC | Millendo Therapeutics US, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 10, 2025 Reel 70806, frame 566 | Oxford Finance LLC | Tempesttx, Inc.; Tempest Therapeutics, Inc.; Millendo Therapeutics US, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2038
Term ends Apr 17, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,968,201, US 11,738,009, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.