Also listed on Xcellerex, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 26, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 26, 2030
Filed Feb 22, 2012 as application 13/402,074 · Granted Oct 12, 2021
Base term plus 31 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Aug 26, 2010
Aug 26, 2010
Term ends
Sep 26, 2030
Sep 26, 2030
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
Oct 12, 2021
base term
patent term adjustment
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
31
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
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 runs 31 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 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 Aug 26, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/046841, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 22, 2012) | Aug 26, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +31 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 26, 2030 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 26, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 61/240,323 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2010/046841 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,142,737 | this patent Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 12,024,697 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2014 Reel 32184, frame 86 | Xcellerex, Inc. | GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences Corp. | Merger |
| Sep 30, 2020 Reel 53946, frame 741 | GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences Corp. | Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC | Change of Name |
| Dec 22, 2021 Reel 58461, frame 979 | Tuohey, Colin; Erdenberger, Thomas; Damren, Richard; Fisher, Michael; Swibes, John | Xcellerex, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2030
Term ends Sep 26, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 31 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
35
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
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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.