Term ends no later than May 27, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 27, 2029
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Filed Sep 13, 2021 as application 17/473,524 · Granted Dec 5, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
May 27, 2009
May 27, 2009
Ends no later than
May 27, 2029
May 27, 2029
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Dec 5, 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
5
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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 1 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 May 27, 2009, when application PCT/IB2009/005893, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 13, 2021) | May 27, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than May 27, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,118,214 | In force no later than Apr 2032 | no later than Apr 2032 |
| US 11,834,703 | this patent no later than May 2029 | no later than May 2029 |
| US 12,209,276 | In force no later than May 2029 | no later than May 2029 |
| Application 19/035,623 | Pending not computed | not computed |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2022 Reel 58882, frame 87 | Matthiesen, Steen Hauge; Petersen, Kenneth H.; Poulsen, Tim Svenstrup; Hansen, Charles M. | Dako Denmark A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 Reel 58950, frame 631 | Dako Denmark A/S | Dako Denmark APS | Change of Name |
| Feb 3, 2022 Reel 58882, frame 382 | Dako Denmark APS | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
May 2029
Term ends no later than May 27, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than May 27, 2029. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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