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Optimized Vector for Delivery in Microbial Populations

US 11,946,056 In force
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Term ends Feb 2, 2038 · Low confidence

Filed Jun 23, 2021 as application 17/356,079 · Granted Apr 2, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Feb 2, 2018
Term ends
Feb 2, 2038
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,808,254, US 11,078,490, to Feb 2, 2038. 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.
16
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 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: Low. 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 2, 2018, when application PCT/EP2018/052662, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 23, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Feb 2, 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 capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,808,254, US 11,078,490)resolves to Feb 2, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: 17017111, 16527762Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 2, 2038Low confidence

This family

Application 16/316,557Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 12,168,805In force
Feb 2039
Feb 2039
US 11,680,245In force
Feb 2040
Feb 2040
US 11,905,516In force
Feb 2038
Feb 2038
US 10,808,254In force
Feb 2038
Feb 2038
US 11,976,305In force
Dec 2038
Dec 2038
US 11,078,490In force
Feb 2038
Feb 2038
US 11,946,056this patent
Feb 2038
Feb 2038
8 of 16 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
Jun 24, 2021
Reel 56647, frame 353
Decrulle, Antoine; Fernandez Rodriguez, Jesus; Duportet, XavierEligo BioscienceAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 24, 2021
Reel 56647, frame 437
Bikard, DavidInstitut PasteurAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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