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Methods for Identifying a Protein in a Sample of Unknown Proteins

US 11,721,412 In force
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Term ends Oct 20, 2038 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Aug 7, 2019 as application 16/534,174 · Granted Aug 8, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Oct 20, 2018
Term ends
Oct 20, 2038
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
14
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 3 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 20, 2018, when application PCT/US2018/056807, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 7, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 20, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 20, 2038Medium confidence

This family

US 11,721,412this patent
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Application 16/534,257Abandoned
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Application 17/221,405Abandoned
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8 of 14 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 22, 2020
Reel 51582, frame 550
Patel, Sujal M.; Mallick, Parag; Egertson, Jarrett D.Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 13, 2023
Reel 63325, frame 533
Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc.Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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