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Methods for Analyzing Biological Samples in a Fluidic Device Comprising Generating a Polymer Matrix from Precursors at Discrete Areas

US 12,030,047 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends no later than Jan 8, 2042 · Low confidence

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.

Filed Jul 7, 2023 as application 18/219,545 · Granted Jul 9, 2024
Base term plus 1 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2022 2042
Clock starts
Jan 7, 2022
Ends no later than
Jan 8, 2042
Granted
Jul 9, 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
1
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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 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.
18
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 1 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Jan 7, 2022, when application PCT/US2022/011720, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 7, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jan 7, 2042High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+1 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 8, 2042High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Jan 8, 2042Low confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2022/011720PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 17/669,315Abandoned
not computed
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US 11,554,370In force
Jan 2042
Jan 2042
Application 17/896,742Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 12,030,047this patent
no later than Jan 2042
no later than Jan 2042
US 12,151,242In force
no later than Jan 2042
no later than Jan 2042
US 12,303,892In force
Jan 2042
Jan 2042
US 12,440,837In force
Jan 2042
Jan 2042
8 of 18 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
Jul 7, 2023
Reel 64190, frame 259
Khurana, Tarun Kumar; Agah, Ali; Wu, Yir-shyuan; Yasar, Filiz GorpeCellanome, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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