Term ends Aug 28, 2033 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 9, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Tecan Genomics, Inc.
Filed May 14, 2021 as application 17/321,030 · Granted Jul 11, 2023
Base term plus 50 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jul 9, 2013
Jul 9, 2013
Term ends
Aug 28, 2033
Aug 28, 2033
Granted
Jul 11, 2023
Jul 11, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
50
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,028,430, to Aug 28, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
3
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 50 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are 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 Jul 9, 2013, when application 13/938,059, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 14, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 9, 2033 | 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 | +50 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 28, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,028,430) | resolves to Aug 28, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 28, 2033 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,028,430 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 11,697,843 | this patent Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 2021 Reel 58372, frame 998 | Amorese, Doug; Schroeder, Benjamin G. | Nugen Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 13, 2021 Reel 58495, frame 351 | Nugen Technologies, Inc. | Tecan Genomics, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2033
Term ends Aug 28, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 50 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,028,430, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.