Term ends Jul 3, 2040 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 8, 2039
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by PML Screening, LLC
Filed Jan 28, 2021 as application 17/161,171 · Granted Aug 6, 2024
Base term plus 330 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2040
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2019
Aug 8, 2019
Term ends
Jul 3, 2040
Jul 3, 2040
Granted
Aug 6, 2024
Aug 6, 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
330
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 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.
7
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 330 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 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 Aug 8, 2019, when application PCT/US2019/045721, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 28, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 8, 2039 | 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 | +330 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 3, 2040 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 3, 2040 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,961,585 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 12,054,778 | this patent Jul 2040 | Jul 2040 |
| US 11,913,074 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 12,241,125 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 12,234,513 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 12,227,807 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
6 of 7 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 4, 2021 Reel 55150, frame 535 | Hatchwell, Eli; Eis, Peggy S.; Smith, Edward S., III | PML Screening, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 4, 2021 Reel 55150, frame 567 | Taoufik, Yassine | Universite Paris-Saclay; The Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (Aphp); The Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (Inserm) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 4, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Taoufik, Yassine | Universite Paris-Saclay | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 4, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Taoufik, Yassine | The Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (Aphp) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 4, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Taoufik, Yassine | The Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (Inserm) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 11, 2024 Reel 66092, frame 463 | Hatchwell, Eli; Eis, Peggy S.; Smith, Edward B., III | PML Screening, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jul 2040
Term ends Jul 3, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 330 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.