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Liquid Applicator for Delivering Vaccines

US 11,771,539 In force
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Term ends Feb 13, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Oct 14, 2021 as application 17/450,882 · Granted Oct 3, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Feb 13, 2018
Term ends
Feb 13, 2038
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
base term 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
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.
12
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: 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 13, 2018, when application 15/895,876, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 14, 2021)Feb 13, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh 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 orderFeb 13, 2038High confidence

This family

US 11,173,022In force
Mar 2038
Mar 2038
US D898,901In force
Oct 2035
Oct 2035
US 10,662,163In force
Apr 2038
Apr 2038
Application PCT/US2020/012406PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,130,739In force
Apr 2038
Apr 2038
US 12,098,009In force
Aug 2041
Aug 2041
Application 17/417,327Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 11,771,539this patent
Feb 2038
Feb 2038
8 of 12 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
Dec 14, 2021
Reel 58386, frame 398
De Malibran-santibanez, Aurelie; Prado-masias, Alonso; David, FredericMerial, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 14, 2021
Reel 58922, frame 122
Merial, Inc.Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 27, 2021
Reel 58591, frame 944
Merial, Inc.Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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