Term ends Oct 25, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 1, 2037
Held by Mgi Tech Co., Ltd.
Filed Jan 29, 2020 as application 16/635,131 · Granted Jul 4, 2023
Base term plus 450 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2038
Clock starts
Aug 1, 2017
Aug 1, 2017
Term ends
Oct 25, 2038
Oct 25, 2038
Granted
Jul 4, 2023
Jul 4, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
450
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
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 450 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Aug 1, 2017, when application PCT/CN2017/095520, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 29, 2020) | Aug 1, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +450 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 25, 2038 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 25, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,692,221 | this patent Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| Application 18/144,121 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/144,124 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2020 Reel 52549, frame 763 | Yang, Jin; Xu, Xun; Wang, Hui; Xie, Bin; Li, Zhuokun; Zhao, Shengming; Chen, Ao; Xu, Chongjun; Zhang, Wenwei; Ni, Ming | Mgi Tech Co., Ltd.; Complete Genomics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 1, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Xu, Chongjun; Chen, Ao; Ni, Ming; Wang, Hui; Yang, Jin; Zhang, Wenwei; Zhao, Shengming; Li, Zhuokun; Xie, Bin; Xu, Xun | Mgi Tech Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 1, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Xu, Chongjun; Chen, Ao; Ni, Ming; Wang, Hui; Yang, Jin; Zhang, Wenwei; Zhao, Shengming; Li, Zhuokun; Xie, Bin; Xu, Xun | Complete Genomics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 18, 2024 Reel 69311, frame 233 | Complete Genomics, Inc. | Mgi Tech Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2038
Term ends Oct 25, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 450 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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