Term ends Oct 24, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 14, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Dec 1, 2021 as application 17/457,055 · Granted Jul 9, 2024
Base term plus 406 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Sep 14, 2011
Sep 14, 2011
Term ends
Oct 24, 2032
Oct 24, 2032
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Jul 9, 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
406
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
11
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 406 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 2 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 Sep 14, 2011, when application PCT/IB2011/002139, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 1, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 14, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +406 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 24, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 24, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,809,770 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,099,288 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,343,278 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,343,279 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| Application 15/098,196 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/293,517 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,222,775 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 12,033,839 | this patent Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2021 Reel 58254, frame 420 | Bonner, Ronald F.; Tate, Stephen A. | DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2021 Reel 58254, frame 489 | Rinner, Oliver; Reiter, Lukas | Biognosys AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2021 Reel 58254, frame 600 | Biognosys AG | DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2021 Reel 58254, frame 711 | Aebersold, Rudolf, DR.; Gillet, Ludovic, DR.; Navarro Alvarez, Pedro Jose, DR. | Eth Zurich | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2021 Reel 58292, frame 532 | DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd. | DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd. | Change of Address |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2032
Term ends Oct 24, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 406 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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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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