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Near-Infrared Dyes And Conjugates For Targeting Tumors

US 12,109,276 In force
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Term ends Mar 11, 2040 · High confidence

Filed Mar 11, 2020 as application 16/816,118 · Granted Oct 8, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2020
Term ends
Mar 11, 2040
Granted
Oct 8, 2024
base term Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 11, 2020, when this application, 16/816,118, was filedMar 11, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 11, 2040High confidence

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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
Mar 11, 2020
Reel 52089, frame 589
Small, Lyle D.; Wang, Ruizheng; Crippen, Shane M.Lahjavida, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 21, 2025
Reel 73672, frame 451
Lahjavida, LLCLahjavida, Inc.Change of Name

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