Also listed on Multiplicom N.V., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 16, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 19, 2035
Held by Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Filed Feb 10, 2021 as application 17/172,540 · Granted Mar 12, 2024
Base term plus 363 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2036
Clock starts
Jun 19, 2015
Jun 19, 2015
Term ends
Jun 16, 2036
Jun 16, 2036
Granted
Mar 12, 2024
Mar 12, 2024
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
363
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 10,947,588, to Jun 16, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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 363 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 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 Jun 19, 2015, when application PCT/EP2015/063832, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 10, 2021) | Jun 19, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +363 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 16, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,947,588) | resolves to Jun 16, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jun 16, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,947,588 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 11,926,870 | this patent Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2021 Reel 55215, frame 507 | Del Favero, Jurgen | Multiplicom N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2021 Reel 55335, frame 365 | Multiplicom N.V. | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2036
Term ends Jun 16, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 363 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 10,947,588, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.