Also listed on Universiteit Gent, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 18, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 28, 2038
Held by Vib VZW and Universiteit Gent
Filed Mar 24, 2020 as application 16/650,230 · Granted Feb 7, 2023
Base term plus 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2039
Clock starts
Sep 28, 2018
Sep 28, 2018
Term ends
Jan 18, 2039
Jan 18, 2039
Granted
Feb 7, 2023
Feb 7, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
112
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.
5
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 112 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 Sep 28, 2018, when application PCT/EP2018/076532, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 24, 2020) | Sep 28, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +112 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 18, 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 | Jan 18, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,573,238 | this patent Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 12,019,076 | In force Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 12,422,438 | In force no later than Sep 2038 | no later than Sep 2038 |
| Application 19/305,901 | Pending not computed | not computed |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2020 Reel 52213, frame 223 | Callewaert, Nico; Eyckerman, Sven; Devos, Simon | Vib VZW; Universiteit Gent | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 24, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Callewaert, Nico; Devos, Simon; Eyckerman, Sven | Vib VZW | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 24, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Callewaert, Nico; Devos, Simon; Eyckerman, Sven | Universiteit Gent | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2039
Term ends Jan 18, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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