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Compositions Useful in the Diagnostic of Latently Infected Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

US 11,448,656 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Sep 20, 2026 on the fee record · Low confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. The USPTO has not yet posted the lapse.

Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 95 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Lapsed Sep 20, 2026
2015 2035
Clock starts
Aug 28, 2015
No longer in force
Sep 20, 2026
Granted
Sep 20, 2022
Term would have run to
Aug 28, 2035
base term after the term ends 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
95
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,067,147.
0 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.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 28, 2015, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Jul 17, 2018)Aug 28, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+95 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 1, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,067,147)capped to Aug 28, 2035High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsThe fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case"lapsed Sep 20, 2026Medium confidence
Further caveats on recordThe record rates this date lower than the steps above account forLow confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 20, 2026Low confidence

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