Also listed on Mobidiag Oy, 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 May 5, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 18, 2035
Held by Gen-Probe Incorporated
Filed Jun 1, 2017 as application 15/532,132 · Granted Jan 31, 2023
Base term plus 1234 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2039
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2015
Dec 18, 2015
Term ends
May 5, 2039
May 5, 2039
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
Jan 31, 2023
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
1,234
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 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.
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 1234 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 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 Dec 18, 2015, when application PCT/FI2015/050911, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 1, 2017) | Dec 18, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1234 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 5, 2039 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 5, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,566,294 | this patent May 2039 | May 2039 |
| Application 18/087,603 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/587,858 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
3 of 4 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2017 Reel 43400, frame 305 | Kirveskari, Juha; Kurkela, Jaakko | Mobidiag Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2025 Reel 71007, frame 221 | Mobidiag Oy | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Assignment 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 Agent | Security 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 Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
May 2039
Term ends May 5, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1234 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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