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Apparatus and Method for Developing Freeze Drying Protocols Using Small Batches of Product

US 11,486,640 In force
OverviewSources & methods

Term ends Jan 15, 2034 · High confidence

Held by Millrock Technology, Inc.
Filed May 1, 2019 as application 16/400,045 · Granted Nov 1, 2022
Base term plus 586 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Aug 4, 2016
Term ends
Jan 15, 2034
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
base term after the term ends 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
586
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 9,121,637.
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.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 4, 2016, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed May 1, 2019)Aug 4, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+586 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 13, 2038High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,121,637)capped to Jan 15, 2034High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 15, 2034High confidence

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