Term ends Jul 21, 2039 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 30, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Bruker Spatial Biology, Inc.
Filed Jun 27, 2019 as application 16/455,118 · Granted May 2, 2023
Base term plus 933 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2039
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2016
Dec 30, 2016
Term ends
Jul 21, 2039
Jul 21, 2039
Granted
May 2, 2023
May 2, 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
933
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.
7
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 933 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 30, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/069468, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 27, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 30, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +933 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 21, 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 | Jul 21, 2039 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2016/069468 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2017/022518 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,273,177 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 10,239,058 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2017/069084 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,103,870 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 11,639,495 | this patent Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2019 Reel 49863, frame 100 | Lavieu, Gregory G.; Mocciaro, Annamaria; Soumillon, Magali; Bennett, Hayley M. | Berkeley Lights, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 2, 2021 Reel 55457, frame 212 | Marson, Alexander; Roth, Theodore L. | The Regents of the University of California | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 20, 2023 Reel 64961, frame 794 | Berkeley Lights, Inc. | Phenomex Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 30, 2023 Reel 65726, frame 624 | Phenomex Inc.; Bird Mergersub Corporation | Bruker Cellular Analysis, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Apr 9, 2026 Reel 75375, frame 517 | Bruker Cellular Analysis, Inc. | Bruker Spatial Biology, Inc. | Merger |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
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
Jul 2039
Term ends Jul 21, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 933 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.