Term ends Oct 21, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 26, 2030
Held by Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
Filed Mar 25, 2020 as application 16/830,050 · Granted Aug 23, 2022
Base term plus 87 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jul 26, 2010
Jul 26, 2010
Term ends
Oct 21, 2030
Oct 21, 2030
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Aug 23, 2022
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
87
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.
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 87 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 Jul 26, 2010, when application PCT/EP2010/004570, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 25, 2020) | Jul 26, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +87 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 21, 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 | Oct 21, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,445,206 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 9,347,091 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 10,640,815 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 11,421,266 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| Application 17/865,159 | Pending not computed | not computed |
5 of 6 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 21, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 87 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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