Term ends Sep 26, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 26, 2030
Filed Sep 7, 2021 as application 17/467,936 · Granted Jul 2, 2024
Base term plus 228 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Aug 26, 2010
Aug 26, 2010
Term ends
Sep 26, 2030
Sep 26, 2030
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Jul 2, 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
228
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,142,737.
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.
4
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 228 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 1 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 Aug 26, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/046841, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 7, 2021) | Aug 26, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +228 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 11, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,142,737) | capped to Sep 26, 2030 | High 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 | Sep 26, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 61/240,323 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2010/046841 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,142,737 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 12,024,697 | this patent Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2021 Reel 58461, frame 979 | Tuohey, Colin; Erdenberger, Thomas; Damren, Richard; Fisher, Michael; Swibes, John | Xcellerex, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 22, 2021 Reel 58462, frame 298 | Xcellerex, Inc. | GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences Corp. | Merger |
| Dec 22, 2021 Reel 58566, frame 991 | GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences Corp. | Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2030
Term ends Sep 26, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 228 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,142,737.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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