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Biochip Device

US 11,415,514 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Genewave, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 8, 2026 (Royal Bank of Canada).

Term ends Jan 8, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Nov 30, 2018 as application 16/205,256 · Granted Aug 16, 2022
Base term plus 11 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2032
Clock starts
Dec 28, 2011
Term ends
Jan 8, 2032
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
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
11
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 10,184,891, to Jan 8, 2032. 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.
6
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 11 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 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 28, 2011, when application PCT/FR2011/053208, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 30, 2018)Dec 28, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+11 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 8, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,184,891)resolves to Jan 8, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 8, 2032High confidence

This family

US 10,184,891In force
Apr 2033
Apr 2033
US 11,415,514this patent
Jan 2032
Jan 2032
US 12,429,422In force
Jan 2032
Jan 2032
Application 17/818,612Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 12,117,397In force
Dec 2031
Dec 2031
5 of 6 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 25, 2019
Reel 48693, frame 318
Weisbuch, Claude; Martinelli, Lucio; Benisty, Henri; Schafauer, Christof; Sagarzazu, Gabriel; Gacoin, Thierry; Bedu, MelanieGenwaveAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 21, 2020
Reel 54172, frame 641
Weisbuch, Claude; Martinelli, Lucio; Benisty, Henri; Schafauer, Christof; Sagarzazu, Gabriel; Gacoin, Thierry; Bedu, MélanieGenewaveCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee's Name and Address and Second Inventor's Execution Date Previously Recorded on Reel 048693 Frame 0318. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Mar 12, 2026
Reel 74064, frame 93
GenewaveMobidiag OyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 12, 2026
Reel 74064, frame 153
Mobidiag OyGen-Probe IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 8, 2026
Reel 75462, frame 440
Biotheranostics, Inc.; Gen-Probe Incorporated; Gen-Probe Prodesse, Inc.; Cytyc Corporation; Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.; Gynesonics, Inc.; Bolder Surgical, LLC; Faxitron Bioptics, LLC; Health Beacons, Inc.; Hologic, Inc.Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 8, 2026
Reel 75926, frame 339
Biotheranostics, Inc.; Gen-Probe Incorporated; Gen-Probe Prodesse, Inc.; Cytyc Corporation; Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.; Gynesonics, Inc.; Bolder Surgical, LLC; Faxitron Bioptics, LLC; Health Beacons, Inc.; Hologic, Inc.Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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